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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga church

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga church, Religious building in Malé, Italy.

Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Church is a religious building in Malé that features traditional elements of northern Italian church architecture. The structure has a main nave and side chapels that organize the interior space for worship and gatherings.

Capuchin friars obtained permission in 1742 to build a convent and church at Malé; the church, dedicated to Saint John Nepomuk, was blessed on 20 September 1744 and consecrated on 4 July 1745. A fire on 24 July 1892 destroyed it completely. The commune took over the complex, turned the convent into a school and rebuilt the church from the old floor level, dedicating it to Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, patron of students.

The church is named after Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian aristocrat who joined the Jesuits and died in 1591 while caring for plague victims. The name links this place to an important religious figure of the Counter-Reformation.

The church stands at the western edge of Malé, along the road to Croviana, facing west. Entry is reached by a three-flight staircase in front of the facade, and the interior is a single nave with a flat-ended presbytery raised by three steps. A side chapel was added in 1931-32.

The church stands at the western edge of Malé, along the road to Croviana, not in the town centre. Its façade carries a lunette with a bas-relief of the Franciscan symbol and a niche with a fresco of Saint Vincent de Paul, a reminder of the Capuchin convent that once stood here.

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