Santissima Annunziata Church, Parish church in Brescello, Italy

Santa Maria Annunziata is the parish church of Lentigione, a hamlet of Brescello. It has a nave with four side chapels, two per side, and a bell tower begun in 1736 and completed in 1752. The tower was raised in 1901 and carries an electronic clock installed in 1995.

The church is first documented in a 1354 visitation report by Bishop Ugolino Rossi as "Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae de Bersanellis a mane fluminis Hentiae"; its east-facing apse suggests a pre-17th-century origin, possibly around 1385. It was enlarged in 1844 with two additional chapels, a new baptistery and confessional. The bell tower was rebuilt from 1736, completed in 1752, heightened in 1901, and received a clock by Giuseppe Soliani in 1782, replaced in 1935 and 1995.

The church has served for centuries as the heart of community life in Brescello, where residents gather for religious celebrations and local festivities. This sacred building defines how the town sees itself and shows the deep connection between the people and their baroque heritage.

The church stands in Lentigione, a hamlet of Brescello, not in the town centre itself. The bell tower, raised in 1901, is the landmark to aim for when approaching. The bells ring out from the tower completed in 1752, and the electronic clock installed in 1995 faces the surrounding houses.

The tower clock was made by Giuseppe Soliani of Gualtieri and installed on 23 July 1782; it was replaced in 1935, and again in 1995 by an electronic clock. A note kept in the parish archives records the 1935 replacement for later generations.