Located in Cerete Alto and overlooking Piazza Martiri della Libertà, the Cappella dell’Annunciata (Chapel of the Annunciation) preserves one of the most enchanting pictorial cycles of Bergamasco culture of the early 1500s.
It was wanted by Giovanni Marinoni known as Federighino, who left a provision in his will. It was built between 1503 and 1512 as an extension of the old parish church and was the private family chapel. On the façade, the Marinoni coat of arms is still visible, consisting of white and red bands dominated by the rooster holding a flower.
The chapel consists of two distinct but communicating rooms, both covered with cross vaults. The sacristy and the main hall where there are three sepulchres (for the men, women and children of the Marinoni family), direct expansion of the church of the saints Filippo and Giacomo later demolished in 1725 to obtain the stones necessary to build the current one just above.
At least three different painters, attributed to the school of Vincenzo Foppa or to that of Giovan Pietro da Cemmo, have contributed to the numerous frescoes from different eras on the walls of this chapel, completely restored in 1985.
The exterior has various frescoes depicting San Bernardino of Siena and Sant'Antonio Abate, Sant'Antonio of Padova, San Rocco, San Sebastiano and Santa Caterina of Siena. Above the entrance door it is possible to observe the scene of the Annunciation to Mary and in the entrance arch, the prophets in the alcoves.
Inside there are several frescoes dedicated to the life of the Virgin Mary: the birth, the marriage, the death and the Assumption. There are also frescoes depicting other biblical episodes such as the Adoration of the Magi and various saints such as St. Peter, St. Paul or the four evangelists with their symbols and the Fathers of the Church.
The construction is completed by the bell tower which was part of the old parish church.
In the square in front of the chapel, the profile of the church of Saints Philip and James was traced with stones of different colours, before the eighteenth-century demolition, which spared, in fact, only the chapel of the Annunciation.
To the east there is a small alcove with a crucifixion dated 1421. It housed the main altar of the original church, before it was expanded in the 16th century and turned making the chapel of the Annunciation become the main presbytery.
Located in Cerete Alto and overlooking Piazza Martiri della Libertà, the Cappella dell’Annunciata (Chapel of the Annunciation) preserves one of the most enchanting pictorial cycles of Bergamasco culture of the early 1500s.
It was wanted by Giovanni Marinoni known as Federighino, who left a provision in his will. It was built between 1503 and 1512 as an extension of the old parish church and was the private family chapel. On the façade, the Marinoni coat of arms is still visible, consisting of white and red bands dominated by the rooster holding a flower.
The chapel consists of two distinct but communicating rooms, both covered with cross vaults. The sacristy and the main hall where there are three sepulchres (for the men, women and children of the Marinoni family), direct expansion of the church of the saints Filippo and Giacomo later demolished in 1725 to obtain the stones necessary to build the current one just above.
At least three different painters, attributed to the school of Vincenzo Foppa or to that of Giovan Pietro da Cemmo, have contributed to the numerous frescoes from different eras on the walls of this chapel, completely restored in 1985.
The exterior has various frescoes depicting San Bernardino of Siena and Sant'Antonio Abate, Sant'Antonio of Padova, San Rocco, San Sebastiano and Santa Caterina of Siena. Above the entrance door it is possible to observe the scene of the Annunciation to Mary and in the entrance arch, the prophets in the alcoves.
Inside there are several frescoes dedicated to the life of the Virgin Mary: the birth, the marriage, the death and the Assumption. There are also frescoes depicting other biblical episodes such as the Adoration of the Magi and various saints such as St. Peter, St. Paul or the four evangelists with their symbols and the Fathers of the Church.
The construction is completed by the bell tower which was part of the old parish church.
In the square in front of the chapel, the profile of the church of Saints Philip and James was traced with stones of different colours, before the eighteenth-century demolition, which spared, in fact, only the chapel of the Annunciation.
To the east there is a small alcove with a crucifixion dated 1421. It housed the main altar of the original church, before it was expanded in the 16th century and turned making the chapel of the Annunciation become the main presbytery.
