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On
the left:
Casina The Oratory of Beleo;
Romanesque capital
of St. Vitale's Parish in Carpineti;
Neviano The parish church of Sasso. |
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The land of Matilde
is characterized by some traditional stone villages and by some
imposing castles, by many parishes representing its characteristical
religious dimension. These parishes (from which depended some
minor chapels) developed an assistance service as they were
strategically disposed on the territory, often together with
a castle. The parishes constitued a real part of the territorial
matildic organization. We know that the countess herself was
a strong promoter of the construction of parishes and churches.
They could provide to their maintainance thanks to the tithes,
that is to say thanks to the offerings of the faithful, that
were rigidly regulated (some important documents of the Middle
ages have been conserved accounting the tithes of every chapel
belonging to every parish). A few buildings have preserved their
original architectural elements. Most of them have been submitted
to important transformations.
To the XVI century the parishes's façade is oriented
to West as demanded by the tradition. The plan is rectangular,
normally having three naves and two aisles, an apse at an end.
The sculptured decoration of the capitals was important (a few
of them have survived through the centuries) just as the decoration
of the imposing baptisimal fonts. |
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