Basilica di Santa Giulia, Bonate Sotto

Basilica of Saint Julia of Corsica
Basilica di Santa Giulia

View of the apse area.
Basic information
Location Bonate Sotto, Italy
Geographic coordinates Coordinates: 45°39′40″N 9°34′5″E / 45.66111°N 9.56806°E / 45.66111; 9.56806
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Province Bergamo
Status Inactive
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Romanesque

The Basilica di Santa Giulia is a medieval former church in Bonate Sotto, Lombardy, northern Italy. Built in the early 12th century, only its apse area remain today in a short plain outside the town.

History

According to local tradition, it would have been founded by St. Julia of Corsica herself, or by the Lombard queen Theodelinda. It is mentioned in a letter from 1129 by Pope Honorius II as "... the church in Lesina which has not been consecrated yet". An abbey had its centre here, being abandoned together with the church around the 14th century.

Overview

The church had a basilica plan, with a nave and two aisles with three apses; the interior was divided into five bays, of which only the last one preceding the apse area survives. The area without the ceiling is now home to a cemetery. The central apse was frescoed in 1795 by the Swiss painters Baldassarre and Vincenzo Angelo Orelli.

Notable are the sculpted capitals, with geometrical, animal or human figures, while the residual exterior decoration include small columns and Lombard bands.

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