Madonna del Popolo, Montecchio

Madonna del Popolo is a Roman Catholic church located facing the town square of Montecchio, in the province of Terni, region of Umbria, Italy.

History

The present church was erected by the Confraternity del Suffragio, and is documented since 1618, and notes indicated consecration by 1634. In the past, the façade was painted with the coat of arms of Alfonso I d'Este. The interior has a single nave with a pitched roof. The lateral chapels include works by Giuseppe Boni and a 17th-century canvas depicting the veneration of the Virgin and surrounding saints.

In the past, the confraternity held the titles of delle Anime Purganti (of the Souls of Purgatory); del Santissimo Sangue (of the Holiest Blood); and della Buona Morte (of the Good Death). In 1798 the confraternity was suppressed, and the property expropriated. The church passed on to other ecclesiastical groups.[1]

gollark: There are lots of ways to make it break stuff less.
gollark: Or all currently existing AI has weird conceptual limitations like being unable to think about thinking about thinking (or other two level deep meta-thinking).
gollark: Or AI which is technically usable but needs exponentially increasing amounts of computing power for linear intelligence increases.
gollark: Or invariably deletes itself or goes crazy after a while.
gollark: Or you've got AI which seems to work, but runs on some stupidly alien mental architecture and can barely communicate with us.

References
  1. Comune of Montecchio, guide to city center.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.