Sant'Anastasio Church, Romanesque Revival church in Cardano al Campo, Italy.
Sant'Anastasio Church is the parish church of Cardano al Campo, in the province of Varese and the Archdiocese of Milan. Its gabled facade has a central round-arched portal and a bifora window, with two smaller side portals. A plastered bell tower with four registers and a semicircular metal dome stands beside it. Inside are three cross-vaulted naves ending in a semicircular apse.
An earlier church stood at this location from the 13th century, but the present building was constructed between 1930 and 1940 following Archbishop Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster's laying of the foundation stone. This modern replacement embodied early 20th-century ecclesiastical architecture.
The interior displays numerous art pieces, including paintings of the Presentation of Jesus and sculptural reliefs depicting the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The church stands next to its plastered bell tower, whose four registers and four monofore openings can be seen from outside at any time. The facade has a central portal with a bifora above it and two smaller side portals. Inside, three cross-vaulted naves lead to a semicircular apse; the presbytery was rearranged between 1990 and 1993.
The bell tower stands beside the church rather than being attached to the facade, and its four registers end in a bell cell with four monofore openings, crowned by a semicircular metal dome. The tower is plastered, unlike the salienti facade with its central arched portal and bifora window.
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