Santa Maria Assunta, also dedicated to ''San Vittore'', is a baroque-style,

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parish church located in the town of

Calcinate Calcinate (Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy. Its economy is mostly based on industry. History The origin of the town are Gaulish and Roman, though it is first mentioned in a document ...

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, region of Lombardy, Italy.

History

The church was designed by

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and with a convex marble facade by

Anton Maria Pirovano Anton Maria Pirovano (active 1720–1770) was an Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, active in a late baroque style, around Bergamo in the region of Lombardy. Biography He first trained under his father, the sculptor Pier Paolo Pirovano. H ...

. The skyline of the facade and bell-tower is populated by an ebullient crowd of statues. Among the artworks in the church is a ''Madonna of the Assumption'' by Francesco Coghetti; and a dome fresco depicting ''Madonna giving the Scapular of Simon Stock to Pope Honorius III'' and a ''Crucifixion with Saints Valentine and Boniface'' both by

Francesco Capella Francesco Capella (1714–1784), called Il Capella and Francesco Dagiu, was a scholar of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. He was born in Venice, Italy. He painted history, and was chiefly employed for the churches at Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèr ...

. The elaborate side altar (1762) was completed by

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, with stucco work by the brothers Muzio and Eugenio Camuzio.Bassa Bergamasca Orientale
tourism site.

References

Baroque architecture in Lombardy Churches in the province of Bergamo Calcinate {{Italy-church-stub