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14 Jun 2025

Church S.Maria Maddalena

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Desenzano del Garda
piazza Duomo, 25015 Desenzano del Garda Bs

Church S.Maria Maria Maddalena or Cathedral of Desenzano has the façade facing west and shows its right side with the bell tower at the main square Giuseppe Malvezzi.

The church of Santa Maria Maddalena, Cathedral of Desenzano, dates back to 1480, was rebuilt in 1586 to a design by G. Todeschini and consecrated in 1611 by the bishop of Verona, although the existence of the church has been proven since 1145 by the papal bull of Eugene III. The building has a facade in Gothic style with a Baroque gate of the eighteenth century, the interior is divided into three naves, the central one is covered by a barrel vault, which repeats the pattern of the arches in the left is the chapel in which houses the SS. Sacramento, there are sixteen separate columns in Botticino marble Doric. We can then admire the wooden statue of Mary Magdalene in the ‘400, the high altar of 1700 with statues dedicated to the Redeemer, inlays and richly decorated in polychrome marble. On the left of the “Resurrection of Lazarus” while at the bottom you can see Martha, Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Lazarus. To the right of the depiction of “The dinner in the house of Simon the Pharisee” and above the windows are placed two paintings of Heavenly. There are also valuable paintings by Zenon Veronese, D. Cignaroli of 700, D. Riccio ‘500 and A. Celestial painter of 600. In the chapel of S. Sacramento has four Corinthian columns and the valuable altarpiece “The ‘Last Supper” by Tiepolo.
Church S.Maria Maddalena Desenzano del Garda


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