Church of Disciplini or Church San Giovanni Battista

The church of Disciplini or Church of San Giovanni Battista di Castel Goffredo is located southwest of Piazza Gonzaga, on the edge of the historic center

Church of Disciplini it was completed in 1587, as the tombstone MS87 placed on one side of the building, was the seat of the Confraternity of Disciplines from which it takes its name; its façade is covered by pilasters on a high plinth that support the tympanum and a beautiful bell tower on its side, built in 1686 after the collapse of the previous one. The interior, softened by the eighteenth-century polygonal apse, is used as an exhibition space. On the walls are remains of valuable frescoes from the end of the 16th century concerning the life of Saint John the Baptist, to whom the church is dedicated; the high altar in polychrome marble is the work of 1772 by the artists Angelo and Giambattista Lepreni di Rezzato.

 foto di Alessandro1978