Nostra Signora del Rimedio, Catholic church in Foce, Genoa, Italy.
Nostra Signora del Rimedio is a church on piazza Gaetano Alimonda in the Foce district, built 1900–1904 to designs by engineers Natale Gallino and Giovanni Battista Odero. It reuses or reproduces elements of the demolished 17th-century church, but is larger, heavier and raised one storey higher. Inside are a dome frescoed by Aldo Locatelli after 1946, a main altar reworked in 1950 with gilded bronze friezes, and a pipe organ by Parodi e Marin.
The first church, funded by a bequest from Marquis Giovanni Tommaso Invrea who died in 1650, was consecrated in 1808 and demolished in 1898 for the construction of Via XX Settembre. The Cattaneo Della Volta marquises bought the new site in 1899, and the rebuilt church, incorporating elements of the 17th-century structure, was inaugurated on 17 April 1904.
Locals call it the church of the Angel because from 1712 a confraternity dedicated to the Guardian Angel officiated there for 84 years. The present building, opened in 1904, kept the title Nostra Signora del Rimedio and became a parish in 1911, extended to the surrounding district in 1936.
The church is located in the Foce area near the waterfront and can be easily reached on foot while exploring the neighborhood. Access is typically available outside times of private celebrations or special religious ceremonies.
Locals call it the church of the Angel: from 1712 a confraternity dedicated to the Guardian Angel officiated here for 84 years. The present building, opened in 1904, reuses or reproduces elements of the 17th-century church demolished in 1898 for via XX Settembre. Inside, look for the 1628 Nativity by Giovanni Andrea De Ferrari.
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