In Canepina, the church of Santa Maria Assunta was erected in 1492 on an earlier medieval building by architect Antonio Cordini da Sangallo called ‘il giovane’.
The church is inspired by and resembles that of the Madonna della Quercia with a simple flat facade of rosacea boulders and a small bell on one side of the facade.
The request of the population to the architect for the design of a facade similar to that of another church refers to a miraculous episode.
Four years before Don Simone Foglietta, a priest of Canepina who used to say Mass every Saturday at the church of Our Lady of the Oak, was accused of having ‘knocked up’ a young girl.
The priest defended himself and said he would continue his normal life to prove his innocence.
Killers of the family waited and stabbed leaving him almost dead.
To Don Simon, who had his stomach opened out, the Madonna appeared and healed him.
After a few years his innocence was proven.
In the church is the statue of Santa Corona, patron saint of the town, which is carried in procession in May.
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