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Santa Maria in Binda, Nosate

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Santa Maria in Binda is an ancient and small church or chiesetta, built in Romanesque-style church in Nosate in the Province of Milan, northern Italy.

History

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This church was built here in the 8th century during the Lombard rule of the area; the word Binda in the Lombard language meant a stretch of land, meant to be a stretch of land near the river. Originally and even till the 18th-century, this church served in funeral rites for nearby burials. The Interior was frescoed in the 16th century. The bell-tower, in a Neo-Romanesque style was added in 1926.[1] The church has some anonymous frescoes in a somewhat provincial style from the 15th century, including some depicting various clerics and well-dressed men in a danse macabre.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Visita Milano website.
  2. ^ Description of Church and Frescoes for Contrade Nostro, Year XIV, Number 38, 1978, by lead author Virginio Martinori.