Santa Maria Assunta is a

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collegiate church located in the Piazza Alta of the town of

Sarnano Sarnano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the ...

, province of Macerata, region of

Marche Marche ( ; ), in English sometimes referred to as the Marches ( ) from the Italian name of the region (Le Marche), is one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. The region is located in the Central Italy, central area of the country, ...

, Italy.

History

The brick church was erected in the 13th century; the bell-tower, rising near the apse, dates from the 14th century. The façade has two mullioned windows and a sculpted stone portal, with a bas-relief in the lunette depicting the ''Assumption of the Madonna''. The interior houses painting depicting a ''Madonna and Child with Saints'' by Antonio and Giangentile di Lorenzo, a 15th-century ''Madonna and Child with Angels'' by Lorenzo D’Alessandro (father of Antonio and Giangentile), and a ''Holy Trinity'' (1530) painted by Paolo Bontulli from Percanestro di Serravalle. It also houses a wooden processional standard depicting the ''Annunciation'' and ''Crucifixion'' by Giovanni Angelo d'Antonio and a ''Madonna della Misericordia'' (1494) by Pietro Alemanno, as well as panels from a polyptych depicting Saints by

Niccolò Alunno Niccolò di Liberatore, known as L'Alunno (also Niccolò di Liberatore and Niccolò da Foligno; the name is sometimes spelled Nicolò) (1430–1502) was an Italian painter of the Umbrian school. Life and career He was born at Foligno, the son o ...

and 15th-century wooden statues for a ''presepio'' or nativity scene by unknown Tyrolese artisans. The crypt also has frescoed dated 1494 by Pietro Alemanno.Tourism office of Macerata
entry on the church.

References

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Roman Catholic churches in the Marche Sarnano