San Carlo Church

The church, started in 1664 on a design by Bartolomeo Avanzini, architect to the Duke's court, is currently used as an auditorium.

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The church was opened for worship in 1676 even if the entire apse area, built in the Eighties the Seventeenth century, was still missing. The brick facade, with Eighteenth-century marble frames, highlights the three naves\u2019 internal layout, but does not suggest the brightness and richness of the interior. Inside the Church, the longitudinal development of the naves, with three altars on each side, is enriched by a transverse arm at the height of the second side chapels. At the intersection of the full-height arms rises a false dome, with a lowered arch, illuminated by oval oculi embellished with stucco. The alternation of shaded areas, corresponding to the first and third side chapels, and areas of light, corresponding to the second chapels or \"side major altars\", focus the attention to the apsidal area where an imposing stucco, wood and canvas decoration unfolds. 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