The church Pieve di San Siro
   Photo: Church of Pieve di San Siro

Pieve di San Siro - church in the small village of Chemmo, near the town of Capo di Ponte, in the province of Brescia, standing at a height of 410 meter above sea level. Getting to this religious complex, located on a cliff above the river Oglio, the stairs can be built in the 1930s.

Base Pieve di San Siro in its current form is probably the end of the 11th century, although a fragment of ancient Roman inscriptions on ogival window suggests that before this place was a building of the Roman Empire. Most likely, between the 8th and 9th centuries it was converted into a Christian house of worship. In the crypt of the church also preserved elements of pre-Romanesque columns and capitals. The bell tower was built in the 15th century, followed by a visit to the Val Camonica St. Charles Borromeo in 1580, the year some of the churches have been rebuilt, including the central nave.

Major restoration works in Pieve di San Siro took place in 1912: stonework, partially collapsed from the portal, has been returned to the place, the whole northern wall of the choir was rebuilt, and the cross vaults aisles and caissons of the central nave were removed. There have also been redone and the walls of the crypt stairs leading into it. And in the 1990s, it was carried out regular work to strengthen the building of the church and bell tower.

Now Pieve di San Siro is a building, oriented east-west, with three apses and very skillful portal on the south side - it was adorned with different characters and fantastic colors. At the back wall, you can see a lot of levels, which, according to tradition, were preparing to take the sacrament. From there, a door leads into the sacristy and the bell tower. It was in the church at the time was the altarpiece "Master mumps" the first half of the 15th century, now kept in New York. It is worth paying attention to the great baptismal font, which was probably made from the cup of Roman or early medieval vine winepress.

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