The Church of All Saints

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FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

The Church of All Saints was rebuilt to its present shape, with its classicist facade with a rounded gable, a portal with a semicircular arch and a small niche with a crucifix, in 1858. Unfortunately, the bell tower has no bell: there used to be one from 1510, with a relief featuring figures of the Virgin and the Saints Peter, Gregory, Dominic and Francis, and with the imprinted monogram of its author Pierre Zuane. The church dates from the 16th century and is decorated with a beautiful altar with the dedication to Our Lady above which is a Renaissance wooden triptych: a statue of Virgin Mary with child Jesus with a statue of St. Catherine of Siena on the right and a statue of St. Simeon (or St. Bartholomew) with a child on the left. The most interesting feature of the church are the four tombstones on its floor: they date from 1567, 1596 and 1721, with the date of the fourth one unknown, but, since they feature prominent symbols of agriculture, it is likely that Zan Antonio Paladin, “made this memorial with your brothers” in remembrance of a local landowner. The oldest plaque is dedicated to Simon Perini.

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