Specific type: church
Structural configuration: The complex of S. Sisinnio, located on a panoramic terrace, consists of the church, equipped with a baroque narthex and a sacristy on the right side, and the bell tower, which is accessed from the sacristy. The church has a single nave with side chapels, a rectangular presbytery and a semicircular apse. In the first span there is a choir, which is accessed by a metal spiral staircase. The facade, plastered and painted with trompe l'oeil decoration, is preceded by an irregularly shaped narthex, also with trompe l'oeil decorations, supported by pillars and with a flat ceiling. The southern façades and the back of the apse, visible from the lake, are plastered and painted, with very deteriorated plaster. The north façade, less visible, is instead in exposed masonry, with an irregular texture. The bell tower is plastered and painted.
Construction period: sec. XVII – century XVIII
Author: Barelli Bernardino the Elder, church, main façade, paintings / church, presbytery, vault, paintings; Orsolino Tommaso, church, third chapel on the right, statue; Barberini Giovanni Battista, church, stucco, project; Aliprandi Gerolamo, church, stucco, execution Includes • Church of S. Sisinnio, Argegno (CO) Current use: entire property: church Historical use: entire property: church Legal status: ownership Catholic religious body
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