The porch is open on three sides by round arches. Is delineated on two sides (between the entrance and the pillars), by a low wall of stone and brick. The porch roof is covered with three-foot triangular tiles. The entrance to the oratory is rectangular, with a double wooden door and two slots in wrought iron. The portal is framed by concrete jambs. The roof of the nave is gabled. The oratory has both on the right side and on the left one, a square window protected by a railing. Even the apse has two equal windows.
Interior: You can access the apse overcoming a step. The building dates back to the eighteenth century. The oratory is situated at an altitude of 495 meters above on sea level, at the beginning of the town. It is delineated on the right side of the road that leads to Livelli and is surrounded by cultivated fields.
PLANT
Rectangular, preceded by a porch, a semicircular apse, visibly square on the outside.
COVER
The porch, the core and the apse are covered with brick tiles.
VAULTS OR CEILINGS
The ceiling of the porch (recently restored) is flat, like that of the nave. The ceiling of the apse area consists of a barrel vault.
MASONRY TECHNIQUES
External face: has a lack of plaster at times, reveals the construction masonry made by stones and bricks bound with mortar. Internal facing: painted plaster.
FLOORS
The porch has a paving of concrete blocks placed dry. The interior of the oratory has a floor tile. The oratory is mentioned for the first time on the occasion of the pastoral visit of Bishop Peyretti in 1787. The building originally was much smaller then underwent various transformations, whose signs are still evident. At the Oratory, they used to celebrate in April, the anniversary of St. George and on the 5th of August the feast of Our Lady. The chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, alludes to the particularly sunny position, upon which rests the building and where the snow melts much earlier than in any other place around.
Fonte: Thesaurus montanus. I Beni Architettonici e Artistici della Comunità Montana Oltrepo Pavese, volume e CD rom, ed. Torchio de’ Ricci, Certosa di Pavia, 2003
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