{"id":22465,"date":"2020-11-30T11:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/s-giovanni-battista-collegiate-church\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:07:55","slug":"s-giovanni-battista-collegiate-church","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/s-giovanni-battista-collegiate-church\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Giovanni Battista Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ideally located at the end of Via Gazzotti, the main collegiate church dedicated to the patron saint of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/places\/castel-san-giovanni\/\">Castel San Giovanni<\/a> is S. Giovanni Battista collegiate church, in Gothic-Lombardic style; it dates back to the end of the 13th-beginning of the 14th century.<\/p>\n<h3>The Architecture of\u00a0 S. Giovanni Battista collegiate church<\/h3>\n<p>The gothic fa\u00e7ade is tripartite by big lancet arches with a large rose window and it recalls <a href=\"https:\/\/emiliaromagnaturismo.it\/en\/towns\/piacenza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piacenza<\/a>&#8216;s major churches; the three portals, on the other hand, are clearly in Baroque style.<\/p>\n<p>The chapel of the Madonna of the People is on the left side.<\/p>\n<p>The interior is divided into three naves by solid columns decorated with statues and surmounted by lancet vaultings and ribs.<\/p>\n<h3>The works of art<\/h3>\n<p>The works of art preserved inside are typically baroque; the most interesting ones are the following: the <strong>Crucifix<\/strong> by Giacomo and Giovan Angelo del Maino, 1496), the <strong>baptismal Font<\/strong> (Bernardo and Battista Casella, 1550), six wooden statues composing the Crucifixion complex, the carved polyptych dating back to 1448, attributed to Bongiovanni and Giovanni Basssiano de Lupis and the <strong>altar piece<\/strong> representing Saint John the Baptist&#8217;s sermon, by Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ideally located at the end of Via Gazzotti, the main church dedicated to the patron saint of Castelsangiovanni is in Gothic-Lombardic style and dates back to the end of the 13th-beginning of the 14th century. The gothic fa\u00e7ade is tripartite by big lancet arches with a large rose window and it recalls Piacenza\u2019s major churches; the three portals, on the other hand, are clearly in Baroque style. The chapel of the Madonna of the People is on the left side.The interior is divided into three naves by solid columns decorated with statues and surmounted by lancet vaultings and ribs. The works of art preserved inside are typically baroque; the most interesting ones are the following:the Crucifix by Giacomo and Giovan Angelo del Maino, 1496), the baptismal Font (Bernardo and Battista Casella, 1550), six wooden statues composing the Crucifixion complex, the carved polyptych dating back to 1448, attributed to Bongiovanni and Giovanni Basssiano de Lupis and the altar piece representing Saint John the Baptist\u2019s sermon, by Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari.","protected":false},"featured_media":20673,"template":"","territorio":[934],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[924],"class_list":["post-22465","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-val-tidone-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-religious-architecture"],"acf":{"tariffe":"","iat":false,"location":{"lat":"45.058007","lng":"9.435931","address":"P.zza Chiesa Maggiore, Castel San Giovanni"},"contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":"+39 0523 842646"}],"orario":"<p>Weekday timetable:<br \/>\n7.00 am-12.00 pm\/3.00 pm-7.00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Holiday timetable:<br \/>\n7.00 am-12.00 pm\/3.00 pm-7.00 pm<\/p>\n","accessibilita_disabili":"","chiusura_settimanale":"","localita":33067},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>S. 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