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Oratory of Sant'Andrea (Bettona)

Italy / Umbria / Bettona / Via Santa Caterina
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The church is located in the historic center of Bettona (PG) .
The small church is located at the bottom of the main square , is a building of medieval deeply renovated between 600 and 700 . The present structure is a single nave covered by a coffered ceiling. On the back wall , a baroque altar dominates with its mass throughout the interior. During the restoration work of twenty years ago, I found the light , under the plaster , vast tracks of the paintings of the late fourteenth century , which has as its theme scenes from the Passion of Christ. If the right wall there are only traces of an Orison in the Garden , in the left have perfectly preserved the Washing of the Feet and the ascent to Calvary , depicted , the latter, like a procession of warriors in medieval clothes accompanying the Savior to the torture . Below runs an inscription informs us precisely the date of execution of the frescoes : 1394 .
SOURCE: www.medioevoinumbria.it/edifici-storici/edifici-religio...
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Coordinates:   43°0'49"N   12°29'3"E
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