Leonessa. Church of San Carlo Borromeo

The church of San Carlo Borromeo in Leonessa has a single nave and four altars on the sides.

It was built in the first years of the seventeenth century and then it was severely damaged by the earthquake of 1703.

Promptly restored, it was embellished with the construction of the dome finely painted probably by Viscardi.

Behind the great altar is a rich baroque decoration made by Bisini in the eighteenth century representing glory, and on the sides are medallions with San Carlo Borromeo and St. John the Baptist.


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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