Oratorio di San Giulio
Nome | Descrizione |
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Indirizzo | Via San Giulio - 1 km a sud-est del centro dell'abitato CRESSA (NO) |
Web | https://www.comune.cressa.no.it/it-it/vivere-il-comune/cosa-vedere/chiesa-di-san-giulio-sec-xi-30846 |
San Giulio’s oratory stands in the country-side at about one kilometre from the village. It was likely built up early in the XI century. Documented news about its existence first appear in 1025 and it emerges that the oratory belonged to the Pieve di San Genesio of Suno. It has rectangular nave subdivided into three spans and ends with a semicircular apse; three counterforts mark the south wall and other four the north wall. The saddleback façade shows a little column and bell-shaped capital above the little entrance door. It is interesting to notice a large stone slab inserted in the ground looking towards the entrance, on which a big cross and two little ones are carved. It is supposed to be the cover of a centuries-old sarcophagus. The ancient belfry, which had a square plan in the original structure, misses. Unfortunately, the interior is poor in frescoes since great part of the apsidal pictorial cycle collapsed years ago. The few fragments remained make the artist’s attribution difficult, but we suppose they can date back to the XV century. A Virgin Lady in throne with child, San Giulio, the plague victims and other Saints and also in another panel San Giulio with snakes, are painted on the south wall.
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Alla scoperta di antichi Oratori Campestri…
ATL della Provincia di Novara
Nelle suggestive campagne novaresi, tra dolci declivi delle colline coperte di viti e sulle sponde del lago d'Orta e del lago Maggiore si possono ritrovare piccoli oratori, testimonianze di un passato in cui arte e fede erano strettamente legate tra loro.