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The parish church
The actual parish Church, pride of this community, was building
between 1769 and 1775 with the project of the architect M.
Promperg-Costa, the place, where it rose, was the same of
the two previous churches, those of ‘500 and of ‘200.
On the smooth surface there are the statues of Saints Filippo
and Giacomo, who is the minor patron of Cortina d’Ampezzo(also
if he is represented with the iconographic characteristics
of Giacomo the main, that of Compostella ).
The inside has got only a nave, with niches
few deep, it is close by the wide presbytery (choir), it
is lit by two big rectangular windows.
It is enriched by some frescos of Zeiler,
we are going to speak about him in the next part, and the
ceiling is made by Ghedina.
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The painting cycles
The painter Franz Anton Zeiler(1716-1793), famous
in the zone of Tirolo, because he decorated many churches, made
the decorations of the nave, realised between the 1774 and the
1775.
Moreover he painted two lateral altar-pieces,
which are in the church of Difesa today, on the contrary it is
mysteriously disappeared the altar-piece which he had made to the
main altar, it was never arrived in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
In the first panel on the top of the nave, near
the door, is represented “the martyr of St. Giacomo”,
in the second one “the expulsion of the Merchants of the
temple”, accompanied to gold shields with the traditional
figures of evangelists; in the third one is presented “the
martyr of St. Filippo”.
The 14 station of VIA CRUCIS are made by the
same author. In the Presbyterian volute there is a precious frame
with “Trinity”, a work of Giuseppe Ghedina(1825-1898),
realised in 1859, on the commune commission.
On the Presbyterian walls we can find two big
paints of Zeiler, they have a biblical subject, on the right there
is the episode of “Ester in front of Assuero” (Ester
5,1-14) on the left “the Salomon justice ”.
Unfortunately images were SCIALBATE in 1859 and
then cleaned in 1929 by the priest don Pietro Frenademez.
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The altars
The main altar was realised in 1773 by
Johann Mussack , with the two statues of the Saints Pietro
and Paolo, all the work is made by decorated wood and STUCCOLUSTRO.
The altar-piece realised in 1679 by Giuseppe
Zanchi paints “the Virgin and Saints Filippo and Giacomo”(another
time he is confused with the main); the altar-piece was extending
by Giuseppe Lacedelli(1754-1833) for adapting to new frame.
In the cymatium (up on the altar) we can
find a bas-relief of the Virgin, it was realised by P Hopfner
in 1773, who is also the author of the processional crucifix
(also if it is wrong attributed to Brustolon ) and remarkable
confessionals by the main hall.
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The two first lateral altars have always made
by Mussack, on false marble, they are adorned by couple of
woody statues of Saints. Under the right altar we can find
the relics of St. Liberale, the altar-piece is made by Giuseppe
Ghedina and it represents “St. Giuseppe with Child”,
the lower part has been adapted for the last 30 years, it was
likely made by the painter’s son.
In the left altar is left the relics of St.Teofilo.
In the altar-piece ”Our Lady of Sorrows”, painted
of Luigi Gillarduzzi (1822- Vienna 1856): it is the only work
of this painter in his country.
In central niches of the nave we can find the
older altars, they came from the previous church.
On the right we find the altar of the Carmine
Virgin by carved wood, painted and adorned. In dossal there is
an altar-piece that comes from the veneta-tormezzina school,
it was ordered by the glorifies community in 1693, and it is
attributed to Antonio Lazzarini(1672-1732):it represents “the
Virgin who is offering scapulars to Saints Teresa d’Avila,
Simone Stock and Pietro d’Alcantara”.
On the left there is the altar of the Virgin
by Rosario, it was originally the main altar and it probably
contained another altar-piece.
The work of Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732)and
of his shop, was realising during 1703. Today in the niche we
can find a statue of the Virgin, it came from the brissinese
school in the first years of 600:it is the image it was revering
by Rosario brotherhood.
The beautiful tabernacle is a work of the same
artist.
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