Church Of Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse De Péone
The building was registered as a monument historique on November 29, 1948.
History
The first church was built in the 11th century.
The church was transformed and rebuilt in 1761 following the plans of the architect Pietro Antonio Santo Bartolomeo, a master Italian mason born in Lugano, Switzerland.
There remains from the previous building a lintel of a door engraved with the date 1550 and two lateral chapels covered by ogive arches, which were parts of the old nave whose central element disappeared during the transformation.
Architecture
The church was built following a Greek cross plan. At the crossing of the transept, the church is surmounted by a hexagonal cupola, topped with a square lantern.
All of the interior decor, stucco, altarpieces, and paintings are in the Baroque style.
References
- ^ Église Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse
- ^ Dominique Foussard, Georges Barbier, Baroque niçois et monégasque, p. 287, Picard éditeur, Paris, 1988 ISBN 2-7084-0369-9
- ^ Luc F. Thévenon, L'art du Moyen Âge dans les Alpes méridionales, p. 62, Éditions Serre (collection patrimoines), Nice, 1983 ISBN 2-86410-047-9
Bibliography
- Philippe de Beauchamp, L'art religieux dans les Alpes-Maritimes, p. 95, Édisud, Aix-en-Provence, 1990 ISBN 2-85744-485-0