Church Santa Maria

Church Santa Maria

In the center of Padenghe del Garda on the morenic hills of Valtenesi

Church Santa Maria it appears to be from the 14th to 15th centuries, is described by Matteo Canato, delegate of Bishop Ermolao Barbaro, during his pastoral visit of October 1454, during which he writes that it is subordinate to the then parish of Sant’Emiliano, which is Has been expanded recently and has at least twenty years of baptismal font; It became a parish during the 16th century while it was rebuilt with its current forms dating from the 17th century, while the facade was 1682; Of 1836 is the construction of the Chapel of the Crucifix. Inside, there is a single nave, three steps high presbytery, there are ten small side chapels. On the altar there is a shovel of the painter Paolo Farinati dated 1584 representing the Madonna with Child in glory and the saints Emiliano, Cassiano, Miletto, Ippolito, Vito and Modesto; There are also paintings by Arturo Castelli (1909).