San Giovanni Battista Decollato, Dosimo

Last updated February 20, 2019

San Giovanni Battista Decollato is a Roman Catholic church, located in the neighborhood of Dosimo in the comune of Persico Dosimo in the province of Cremona, region of Lombardy, Italy.

Persico Dosimo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Milan and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Cremona.

Lombardy is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of 23,844 square kilometres (9,206 sq mi). About 10 million people, forming one-sixth of Italy's population, live in Lombardy and about a fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in the region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest regions in Europe. Milan, Lombardy's capital, is the second-largest city and the largest metropolitan area in Italy.

History

This church was rebuilt in 1756 in an eclectic Rococo and Neoclassical-style, with a single nave. In 1773, the belltower was erected, though restored in 1838 by the architect Luigi Voghera. In 1896, the church was widened to accommodate three naves. The interior putatively houses the relics of Santa Colomba. [1]

Rococo, less commonly roccoco, or "Late Baroque", is a highly ornamental and theatrical style of decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colors, sculpted molding, and trompe l'oeil frescoes to create the illusions of surprise, motion and drama. It first appeared in France and Italy in the 1730s and spread to Central Europe in the 1750s and 1760s. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement.

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century. In its purest form, it is a style principally derived from the architecture of classical antiquity, the Vitruvian principles, and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.

Luigi Voghera (1788–1840) was an Italian architect of the Neoclassical period. He was born an active in Cremona. He built a new façade for the church of Sant'Agata in Cremona. He created in 1821 the first design for the Cimitero (Cemetery) of Cremona, but which was not completed till the 20th century with the intervention of other architects.

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References

↑ Comune of Persico Dosimo, History entry.

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[1] Comune of Persico Dosimo, History entry.