San Biagio Church, Church building in Cassino Scanasio, Italy.
San Biagio Church is the parish church of Cassino Scanasio, a district of Rozzano south of Milan. First mentioned in the 12th century as a dependency of the pieve of Locate, it was enlarged in 1925 and took its present form in 1929 with the building of a new bell tower, which received its bells in 1828.
San Biagio is documented as early as the 12th century as a dependency of the pieve of Locate. Pastoral visits resumed in 1566, when the modest church held paintings by Bernardo Luini. Bells were added to the bell tower in 1828, the building was enlarged in 1925, and it took its present form in 1929 with a new bell tower.
The parish church of the Cassino Scanasio district, cited as a dependency of the pieve of Locate as early as the 12th century. Its 16th-century interior held paintings by Bernardo Luini, recorded during pastoral visits resumed in 1566.
The church stands in the Cassino Scanasio district of Rozzano, south of Milan, and is reached from the town centre by the local roads through the neighbourhood. The bell tower rebuilt in 1929 is the easiest landmark for finding the entrance. Visitors should plan around parish services, since the building is an active parish church.
The parish is first documented in the 12th century as a dependency of the pieve of Locate, and pastoral visit records resume in 1566, when the building was smaller than today and held paintings by Bernardo Luini. The bell tower gained its bells in 1828; the church was enlarged in 1925 and took its present form in 1929 with a new campanile.
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