Church of St. Catherine

The church of Santa Cristina consists of a rectangular hall with a single nave and the sacristy. The main facade is made of mixed stone. The walls of the church are mainly in stone. The roof structure is made of wooden beams and joists that support the deck and the roof covering in tiles. The non-pushing beams are supported by ogival arched masonry portals, built into the perimeter walls and placed at a distance of about 3 meters. To reduce the thrust of the arches, two steel roundels anchored to the vertical walls have been arranged for each portal. using well-sized posts. Above the roof of the church there is a two-pitched bell tower. Plant The church has a rectangular plan with a single nave. Covers The roof is a hut, made with a wooden frame and a flat roof. Roof tiles in tiles. Structural installation Building built with load-bearing stone masonry, pitched roof. Floors and floors The floors of the liturgical hall and the presbytery consist of rectangular terracotta tiles. Historical News 13th century (quotation whole well) The date of construction of the church is not known precisely. The locality of Santa Cristina has been known since the beginning of the 13th century, when (1211) a 'curia Sancte Christine supra plebatis' was mentioned, a diction that linked both secular (curia) and religious (plebatis, pieve di Santa Cristina). XXI (whole seismic renovation and improvement well) The last interventions, have widely interested the church from the point of view of the structural consolidation following the seismic events of 1997. Consolidation of foundations, consolidation of the bell tower, renovation of the roof.

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