Santi Pietro e Paolo Church, Church building in Varedo, Italy.
Santi Pietro e Paolo Church is a church building in Varedo featuring early 20th-century architectural details with a carefully composed facade and thoughtfully arranged interior spaces. The layout creates distinct areas for worship and community gatherings, with proportions that guide visitors through the space naturally.
A church existed in Varedo by the 13th century as a branch of the Desio pieve; by the 16th century it was an autonomous parish. The present church was built in the early 20th century and consecrated on 10 October 1915. In 1974 the parish moved from the Desio deanery to that of Paderno Dugnano, and the presbytery was modified in the early 2000s.
The parish belonged to the Desio deanery until 2 May 1974, when it passed to the Paderno Dugnano deanery. Inside, a relic of Saint Aquilino's rib has been kept in Varedo since the 17th century, and an 18th-century wooden Madonna del Rosario with the Child stands in the church.
The church is located in central Varedo and can be reached easily by foot or public transport. Visitors should know that weekday and weekend access may vary depending on religious services and community events taking place.
Near a side entrance hangs Varedo's old bell, cast in 1748 by the Bonavilla foundry, tuned to E and still on its original wooden support. In the bell cell above, eight bells in B-flat major were cast in 1947 by Carlo Ottolina e Figli of Seregno; the largest, in the south window, weighs about 2,400 kilograms.
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