San Vittore, Church building in Cannobio, Italy
San Vittore is the parish church of Cannobio, also called the collegiate church of San Vittore. Its neoclassical facade carries five statues of Saints Vittore, Ambrogio, Carlo, Davide and Mosè. The bell tower is built of serizzo stone blocks, with trifora openings in the bell chamber and a twentieth-century spire.
The first mention of a church here appears in 1076, and the bell tower still keeps its rough stone work from the 1100s or 1200s. A larger building was started in 1730, finished and blessed in 1749, and the front was completed in the 1800s.
The church is also called collegiata di San Vittore and pieve di San Vittore Martire, titles that recall its role as the main parish church of Cannobio. The 12th–13th-century bell tower originally held only two bells, rung not only for services but also to summon people to assemblies and executions.
The church stands in Cannobio's historic centre, in the diocese of Novara. The bell tower, built of serizzo stone blocks, dates from the 12th–13th century, so look up at its trifora openings and the 20th-century cusp on top. The facade was only finished in the first half of the 19th century, well after the 1749 consecration.
The bell tower is built of serizzo stone blocks and dates from the 12th–13th century, with a belfry of trifora windows and a 20th-century spire. It first held only two bells, rung not only for services but also for assemblies and capital executions.
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