Country Italy Architect(s) Filippo delle Vacche Years built 1453 - Province Province of Brescia | Denomination Roman Catholic Architectural type Late Gothic Phone +39 0365 521700 | |
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Address 25087 Salò, Province of Brescia, Italy Archdiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia Similar San Bernardino - Rimini, Saint Giovanni Evangelista, MuSa, San Francesco - Brescia, San Lorenzo - Brescia | ||
The Church of Santa Maria Annunziata, Salò (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunziata; Duomo di Salò) is the main religious building (duomo) of the town of Salò, Italy.
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History
The construction of the church, dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, was begun in 1453 by the architect Filippo delle Vacche of Caravaggio, Lombardy. It is built in the Late Gothic style to replace the previous edifice that stood at the site. Its façade remains unfinished.
Important works
The church preserves within it paintings by Romanino, Moretto da Brescia, Zenone Veronese and Paolo Veneziano. There is a grand polyptych of gilded wood dating from 1510. There are frescoes executed by Antonio Vassilacchi dating from 1602.
Conserved paintings
Entry portal
The main entrance into the church is through the great portal executed between 1506 and 1508 by Gasparo Cairano and Antonio Mangiacavalli, who were among the chief exponents of Renaissance sculpture in Brescia.