San Bartolomeo, Valsolda
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San Bartolomeo is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located in Loggio, a village within the municipality of Valsolda, Province of Como, region of Lombardy, Italy.
This church was built in 1262, and is located between Loggio and Drano. Accessible by a set of stairs, the church was last refurbished in 1736, when the belltower was re-built and granted a golden globe.
On the counterfacade is a large fresco depicting the Triumph of the Eucharist, a favorite theme of the Counter-reform, by Giovanni Battista Pozzi, based on a tapestry by Rubens located in Turin.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Comune of Valsoldo, entry on church.