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Oratory of the Saints Pietro and Andrea
(chapels, oratories, tabernacles a Marzabotto)40043 Montasico BO
Getting here: Car park available. The building is accessible to disabled.
The oratory is in the village of Montasico, not far from Marzabotto.
The oratory was probably erected in 1116; it was built by Count Silvestro de Boatieri and during the Renaissance period it was transformed into a fortified private mansion. Today the building has just one floor, an internal courtyard and an imposing entrance surmounted by a turret. The coat of arms of the Volta family is visible on a fragment of architrave located on one side of the door. -
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Information by Redazione dell'Appennino Bolognese
Last update: 28/01/15 (NewsID: 5246)
