San Rocco, Church building in Bagolino, Italy.
San Rocco is a church building in Bagolino situated at about 950 meters elevation with a main nave featuring exposed trusses and a presbytery with decorated walls. The floor plan divides into two distinct areas, with frescoes particularly highlighting the rear section.
San Rocco was built right after the plague of 1478, on a site probably occupied by earlier devotional places since Roman times. In 1483 the Da Cemmo workshop, with Pasotto and his son Giovan Pietro, was called to fresco the holy arch and the presbytery walls. The bell tower by Cristoforo di Osten was finished in 1565; in 1577 Magister Comino da Sabbio widened the nave and added two bays, and the church was consecrated by the bishop of Trento in 1585. Between the late 19th and early 20th century a neo-Gothic pronao with pointed arches was added to the facade.
The frescoes were painted by Giovan Pietro da Cemmo between 1483 and 1486, signing himself "Cemigena"; they stayed hidden for over three centuries and were uncovered and first restored in 1956. On the holy arch visitors see the Annunciation, and on the presbytery vault the four Evangelists with the tetramorph symbols and the four Doctors of the Church.
The church sits among stone houses in the village and serves as an orientation point for visitors exploring the mountain settlement. Access comes through the usual local routes, and the surrounding tight-knit construction shapes the visiting experience.
The frescoes by Giovan Pietro da Cemmo stayed hidden for more than three centuries and were only brought back to light and first restored in 1956; the painter signed himself "Cemigena". Look for the twelve Sibyls on the under-arch, painted instead of the usual ten to match the twelve minor prophets.
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