Saint Mary of the Assumption in Tereglio

Tereglio

The church is first documented in 862, and recorded in the "Estimo" of 1260 as belonging to Villa Terenzana, now Monti di Villa. Traces of the 13^th century Romanesque building remain in three capitals, some fragmentary figures in the façade, in the western wall and the smooth, white limestone ashlars reused to build the façade. The original, one-nave structure was altered in the 17^th century with the addition of a transept, and again in the 19^th century with two side aisles, an extension of the apse and a partial reworking of the façade with the introduction of pilasters. The interior features a beautiful, mid-17^th century carved wooden ceiling, at one time also decorated with paintings that have since been lost. All the altars are also in wood except for the high-altar, from 1766, which is in marble, and a lateral stucco altar from the first half of the 19^th century. The other six date to the 17^th century. Merit worthy of particular attention: the 13^th century, Tuscan, wooden composition of the Madonna and Child; the wooden Heralding Angel, recently ascribed to Piero D´Angelo and dated to the end of the 14^th century; the painted Cross, attributed to Berlinghiero, or one of his close collaborators; and the painting of Saint Rosalia in front of the Madonna and Child, attributed to Pietro Paolini.