Church of St. Giorgio Martire

Church of St. Giorgio Martire

  • Address: Via IV Novembre, loc. Breda Cisoni Sabbioneta ITA

This church stands on the site of an oratory of the second half of the 15C, formerly dedicated to St George the Martyr. It was built to a design by the architect Pietro Antonio Maggi from Viadana, who gave it an elegant late-baroque style.

The church has a nave and barrel vault, with five chapels per side. The central ones are as wide as the nave and, with it, form an almost square space, creating a centric form. The facade is divided into two tiers by projecting moulding. At the bottom, a series of pilasters, resting on a tall basement, frame the aedicule door surround; the narrower upper one is linked to the stringcourse by two scrolls. At the sides, the cornice terminates with two pyramid pinnacles. A ribbed cimasa completes the facade and is linked to the moulding below by another two scrolls.

The interior is a triumph of decoration in heightened stuccowork adorned with gold, shells, tufts, blazes and gilded strips.

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