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[[File:Affreschi di San Giovanni Battista.jpg|thumb|Detached frescoes formerly in San Giovanni Battista in Roncoscaglia]] |
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A church at the site was erected in 1405, with the remains, and atop the foundations of a former castle. The church once had a series of 15th-century frescoes depicting the ”Life of St John the Baptist”; these were removed in 1857, and are now displayed in the Museo del [[Duomo of Modena]]. The simple, undecorated, stone church with a portico and its two |
A church at the site was erected in 1405, with the remains, and atop the foundations of a former castle. The church once had a series of 15th-century frescoes depicting the ”Life of St John the Baptist”; these were removed in 1857, and are now displayed in the Museo del [[Duomo of Modena]]. The simple, undecorated, stone church with a portico and its twostory bell-tower is now closed, and the roof is in danger of collapse. For some time, the parish functions were transferred to the [[Oratory of San Biagio, Roncoscaglia|Oratory of San Biagio]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6OMYAAAAYAAJ La patria; geografia dell’ Italia: Provincie di Modena e Reggio nell’Emilia], by Gustavo Chiesi, with Gustavo Strafforello, editor, Turin (1902), page 202.</ref><ref>[http://www.appenninomodenese.net/apmo/index.cfm?event=page&qpTemaID=0&qpTAS3=20204&qpgeo3=0&qpNEWS_ID=1891&qpParolaChiave=&qpPeriodoID=0&qpOrderBy=&qpRowNro=90 Apennino Modenese website], entry on church.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 02:48, 22 November 2025
Church building in Sestola, Italy
San Giovanni Battista is former-Roman Catholic parish church located in the frazione of Roncoscaglia in the Apennine hills above the town of Sestola in the province of Modena, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
A church at the site was erected in 1405, with the remains, and atop the foundations of a former castle. The church once had a series of 15th-century frescoes depicting the Life of St John the Baptist; these were removed in 1857, and are now displayed in the Museo del Duomo of Modena. The simple, undecorated, stone church with a portico and its two-story bell-tower is now closed, and the roof is in danger of collapse. For some time, the parish functions were transferred to the Oratory of San Biagio.[1][2]
