Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santo Stefano
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The parish church is dedicated to St. Stefano; it was initiated in 1838 and completed in 1841.
Here, there is an altar with a ciborium and temple in Baroque style, while on either side of the presbytery, two paintings from the 18th century can be seen: "Visita dei pastori al Bambino," a work dated 1690 by the Vicentine painter Bartolomeo Cittadella, and "Fuga in Egitto," a work by the greatest Vicentine painter of the 18th century, Giovanni Antonio De Pieri known as lo Zoppo, dating around the years 1730-40.
Of considerable interest are the Romanesque remains of the small church that overlooks the village, of which part of the presbytery with the apse is still visible, along with a beautiful fresco in the triumphal arch above the presbytery, depicting the Annunciation from the 15th-16th century, as well as painted fragments from the late 14th century.
The facade of the church is preceded by a staircase of twenty-four steps, completed in 1889 by a stonecutter from San Bonifacio, Angelo Rigodanza.
The church is a single-nave structure, with two side altars on each side. In the niche on the left of the entrance, now dedicated to Blessed Fra’ Claudio Granzotto, there is a marble plaque commemorating Father Antonio Cortiana, parish priest from 1837 to 1845, who desired the church's construction. Additionally, in a showcase, there is the project that Fra’ Claudio executed for the construction of the Lourdes Grotto not far from the church of Brognoligo.
In each side chapel, there are two oval-shaped paintings on canvas, while on the ceiling, there is one work depicting The Assumption.
In the square-shaped presbytery, with a dome, there is the main altar from before the Council in polychrome marbles. The Four Evangelists are painted in the pendentives, a work by the Monteforte painter Alessandro Zenatello, along with the monochrome tempera decoration of the apse between 1935 and 1940.
Near the former parish church stands the ancient Romanesque bell tower, with semi-circular double windows, pinnacles at the corners, and a pine cone-shaped covering topped by a metal cross at the summit. The current bell tower is located to the right of the church facade and is fifty-six meters tall.
Contact
Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santo Stefano
Via Santo Stefano, 1 ( Directions )
Tel: +39 045 6175016

