{"id":1797,"date":"2017-01-01T17:28:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/finero-edifici-religiosi\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T10:36:47","slug":"finero-religious-buildings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/en\/finero-religious-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Finero: religious buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"[spb_row wrap_type=”content-width” row_bg_type=”color” color_row_height=”content-height” bg_type=”cover” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ parallax_video_height=”window-height” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_padding_vertical=”0″ row_padding_horizontal=”0″ row_margin_vertical=”0″ remove_element_spacing=”no” inner_column_height=”col-natural” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_single_image image=”739″ image_size=”large” frame=”glowframe” intro_animation=”fade-from-bottom” full_width=”yes” lightbox=”no” link_target=”_self” caption=”The Finero Parish Curch” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [\/spb_row] [spb_column col_el_class=”Gli edifici religiosi di Finero” width=”2\/3″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”The parochial church of Finero” pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

The parochial church of Finero broke away from that of Malesco on February 4, 1569<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At that time, about halfway between the two centers, in Piasca, there was a small church serving the community of Finero and, despite the fact that there’s no trace of the little church today, the area is still identified by the inhabitants as “<\/span> old church “.<\/p>\n

The Finero church is dedicated to St. Gotthard<\/strong>, celebrated on May 5, and is located on a rocky slope at the beginning of the village in the direction of Malesco;<\/span> on the other side of the church stands the parish house “C\u00e0 <\/strong>dul Prev<\/strong>” (literally House of the Priest), which is close to the 1759 bell tower<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The oldest part of the church of Finero dates back to the second half of the 1400s<\/strong> and from 1658 it has been enlarged several times.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1691<\/strong> the side altars were added, while the facade visible to the present day, on the town’s side, dates back to 1846.<\/span> In 1876 an oratory<\/strong> was built on the side of the apse and linked to the pre-existing sacristy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The church also has a small porch, restored in 2007 and a bell tower, whose cusp’s shape makes it similar to Villette’s one.<\/p>\n

The church of Finero has only one nave and a presbytery bordered by a baroque balustrade. From the entrance, you can see the richness of iconographies<\/strong>, including the beautiful paintings by the painters Antonio Maria Borgnis Junior of S. Maria Maggiore and Bernardino Peretti of Buttogno<\/span>, here preserved since 1864.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [spb_text_block title=”Oratory of the Rock” pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

On the rocky spur above Finero’s church, in the apical position, stands the oratory of Our Lady of Loreto<\/strong>, also known as the Black Madonna<\/strong>.<\/span>
\nEach year, on the second Sunday of September<\/strong>, with the occasion of the Feast of the Black Madonna, the statue of Our Lady is carried in procession in the parish church.<\/span><\/span>
\nThe oratory, due to its location on a rock, is called, Oratorio del Sasso (Oratory of the Rock), and it was also built, <\/span><\/span>like the parish church, <\/span><\/span>on the basis of a 1500 chapel, then expanded in the ‘700, concluded in 1842 and restored<\/span> in 1995.<\/strong>
\nA porch protects the entrance, side by side with two devotional windows and, on the roof, rises a small bell tower.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [spb_single_image image=”752″ image_size=”large” frame=”glowframe” intro_animation=”fade-from-bottom” full_width=”yes” lightbox=”no” link_target=”_self” caption=”The Black Madonna Oratory in Finero” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_text_block title=”The Peretti Chapel” pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

Close to the parish church, the <\/span><\/span>Peretti <\/span><\/span>Chapel, dating back to 1755<\/strong>, limits the access to the cemetery.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is an ancient mortuary chapel of the Peretti family<\/strong>, now owned by the Pironi family, used in the past as a common ossuary.<\/p>\n

The chapel is certainly very interesting for the decorations<\/strong> that adorn it and for the presence of a small sundial<\/strong> on the south side.<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [\/spb_column] [spb_column width=”1\/3″ el_position=”last”] [spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n