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San Rocco, Piacenza

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San Rocco
Chiesa di San Rocco
Map
45°03′05″N 9°41′55″E / 45.051301°N 9.698614°E / 45.051301; 9.698614
LocationPiacenza
CountryItaly
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
Founded16th Century
DedicationSaint Roch
Architecture
Architectural typeBaroque

San Rocco Church (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a Roman Catholic church, located at the corner of Vie Roma and Legnano, two blocks northeast of the Duomo, in central Piacenza, Italy.

History

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It is dedicated to Saint Roch, patron of those afflicted by the Plague.[1] It was constructed in the 16th century.[2]

Commissioned by the Confraternity of San Rocco, while externally plain, the interior of the church was decorated in a rich late-Baroque or Rococo style. The church houses a canvas of Madonna and Saints by Giuseppe Nuvolone, a canvas of the Life of San Rocco by Giuseppe Gorla (1722) and a Glory of San Rocco by Paolo Bozzini.

References

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  1. ^ "Luoghi di culto - Chiesa di San Rocco - Necrologie La Repubblica". Necrologie (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ "Tourer.it - Chiesa di San Rocco - PIACENZA (PC)". TOURER.it - Esplora il patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna (in Italian). 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2023-07-24.