Pieve Santa Maria in Carpino

Pieve Santa Maria in Carpino is located in the east of the town of Carpenedolo, in the open countryside, between the towns Tezze and Taglie, towards Medole

Pieve Santa Maria in Carpino it is a building of the IV or VI century but in a simple Romanesque style with an elegant apse in Botticino stone with pilasters and single-lancet windows; the façade is simple but has part of a fresco, in the masonry there are elements of re-employment with decorations from the high medieval and roman age. The interior is simple, with a single nave covered with a wooden structure and terracotta tiles supported by slightly pointed arches; in the apse there is a fresco of the fifteenth century that is believed to be by Bonifacio Bembo da Cremona;other frescoes depict Jesus enthroned with the Gospel and the four evangelists on the apse, a polyptych the Virgin with Child and little angels, in the choir a Saint Peter. Externally a small sailing bell tower.