Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary, Catholic cathedral in Vittorio Veneto, Italy
The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary, known as the Duomo di Serravalle, has a plain gabled facade with no ornament except a small oculus and a tympanum-topped portal. Its rectangular body has chamfered corners, and the interior is a single nave flanked by three minor altars per side. The 14th-century Romanesque bell tower stands separately on the bank of the Meschio, with a square plan, bifora openings and an octagonal spire.
The cathedral was designed and built by architect Domenico Schiavi in 1779, when the region experienced a phase of architectural renewal. The work arose during a time when Neoclassical designs were gaining influence in northern Italy.
The church is dedicated to Santa Maria Nova and is the parish church of Serravalle, a district of Vittorio Veneto. Its bell tower, the oldest surviving element, stands on the bank of the Meschio, separated from the facade and reached through a small square at the foot of the Santa Augusta sanctuary hill.
The church faces the Meschio river, separated from Piazza Flaminio by the water; the bell tower stands on the riverbank ahead of the facade, and the small piazzetta del campanile opens between the two, at the foot of the Santa Augusta sanctuary mountain. The entrance portal is on the facade; the interior is a single nave with three minor altars per side.
The bell tower, which predates the 1779 church, stands on the bank of the Meschio in front of the facade; between the two lies the small bell-tower square at the foot of the Santa Augusta sanctuary hill. Its five bells, cast by De Poli of Vittorio Veneto in 1920, are tuned to D-flat major.
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