Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine della Fossetta

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Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine della Fossetta

At the end of Corso Cavour stands the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Fossetta, built in 1654. Built according to a design by the architect Gian Battista Negri, it has a Greek cross with a central dome, a small dome and three altars.

Behind the high altar there is a fresco with the image of the Blessed Virgin of Fossetta. According to tradition, this would have been painted by Lelio Orsi in 1564 for a small chapel not far away; unfortunately some coarse and clumsy nineteenth-century overlaps have spoiled the original stylistic features.

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