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The Church of Saint Mary Immaculate is annexed to Cascina Increa and next to the entrance of Villa Tizzoni Ottolini in Brugherio.
| Chiesa di Santa Maria Immacolata | |
|---|---|
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| Stato |  Italia
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| Regione | Lombardia |
| Località | Brugherio |
| Religione | Chiesa Cattolica |
| Titolare | Madonna Immacolata, San Giuseppe, Santa Maria Maddalena e Santa Teresa |
| Diocesi | Arcidiocesi di Milano |
| Consacrazione | 1691 |
| Completamento | 1691 |
History
The hurch has undergone not invasive renotation and, like the farmhouse to which it is attached, has the original architecture. Increa, the area where the church is located, formerly belonged to the municipality of Cernusco Asinario (now Cernusco sul Naviglio); it became part of the parish of St. Bartholomew in 1578 and annexed to the municipality of Brugherio in 1866.
Architecture and arts
The entrance to the church is between two pilasters. Above the door there is a plaque whose inscription commemorates the dedication to Mary Immaculate, Saint Joseph, Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Teresa that took place in 1691.[1][2]
The church is quadrangular with a rectangular apse where there is the late Baroque marble altar; the altar has a curvilinear shape that follows the slight concavity of the junction between the bottom wall and the side walls. In a niche, above the altar there, there is a twentieth-century statue of the Madonna and Child. Marble altarpiece with molded cornice frames the niche, inserted in a tasteful decoration depicting eighteenth-century columns and garlands of flowers, that gives the impression of greater depth and breadth. High on the wall there is a quadrangular window which creates continuity with the underlying part. A pluteo in shaped pink marble separates the presbytery from the nave. On the vault of the presbytery are the symbols of the four Evangelists, that probably was made, along with the decoration of the vault of the nave, after the realization of the decoration of the altar.[1] The ceiling of the nave celebrates the Virgin Mary in four shields are given four different names of Madonna chosen from the entries of the litanies. At the center of the vault appears a dove, made of plaster and placed in a panel, representing the Holy Spirit. On the walls of the presbytery, there are placed two paintings with the same carved wood frame. The left one shows the Agony of Saint Joseph and to the right the Adoration of the Magi in a garland of flowers; this form was spread in figurative Lombard painting typical of the seventeenth century. Along the nave are placed several plaques in memory of the former owners.[3] On the right, next to a plaque in memory of Ester Zanzoterra Robbiani,[3] stands the neoclassical plate commissioned by Elisabetta Napollon in memory of her husband Giulio Ottolini Visconti, died July 26, 1839. It is a white marble bas-relief, representing the profile of the woman, sitting with his head bowed in an attitude of profound sadness.[1] The woman cries on a Roman amphora whose center is sculpted the portrait of Count Ottolini.[3]
References
- ^ a b c (Italian) Brugherio: i suoi luoghi, la sua storia: 225. anniversario del primo volo italiano in mongolfiera con uomini a bordo, Brugherio, Comune di Brugherio, 2009. Lingua sconosciuta: Italian (aiuto)
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- ^ a b c Brugherio Il suo territorio 2000 anni di storia Il suo comune 100 anni di feconda attività, Brugherio.
Bibliography
- (Italian) Brugherio: i suoi luoghi, la sua storia: 225. anniversario del primo volo italiano in mongolfiera con uomini a bordo, Brugherio, Comune di Brugherio, 2009. Lingua sconosciuta: Italian (aiuto)
- (Italian) Brugherio Il suo territorio 2000 anni di storia Il suo comune 100 anni di feconda attività, Brugherio. Lingua sconosciuta: Italian (aiuto)
External Links
- (Italian) Comune di Brugherio. Home Page, su comune.brugherio.mb.it. URL consultato il 9 July 2015. Lingua sconosciuta: Italian (aiuto)
- (Italian) Comune di Brugherio. Le cascine brugheresi, su comune.brugherio.mb.it. URL consultato il 9 July 2015. Lingua sconosciuta: Italian (aiuto)
Categoria:Architetture di Brugherio Categoria:Chiese della provincia di Monza e della Brianza