Cappelletta del Duca, Chapel in Tre Torri - Medolla (MO)
The Cappelletta del Duca is a small chapel with a cylindrical shape and a dome covered in sheet metal, standing at a roundabout between two main roads near Medolla. The building has simple smooth walls and sits roughly 86 meters across within the two-lane traffic circle.
The chapel was built in the 1860s as a vow from Duke Francesco V after an assassin failed to shoot him in November 1848. The building served as his way of giving thanks for surviving an attack that could have changed his fate.
The chapel bears the duke's name and serves as a quiet memorial that locals and visitors notice as they pass through the busy roundabout, standing apart from daily traffic.
The chapel sits at a roundabout opened in 2009 that greatly improved safety at this once-dangerous road junction. The site is easy to reach on foot when arriving from nearby parking areas or local roads.
The building was later used as a tool storage shed and lost its religious status, but was eventually recognized as cultural heritage and preserved. The chapel's shift from sacred place to practical storage and back to historical monument shows how a single location's meaning can change across different eras.
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