San Sebastiano, Bolgheri

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San Sebastiano is a small, neo-gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located on Viale dei Cipressi in Bolgheri, a village in the municipality of Castagneto Carducci, province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy.

History

This brick church was erected in the late 19th century, and has a portal with fragments of a mural depicting Ecce Homo. The mouldings and the cross atop the tympanum are stone. Above the entrance is the crest of the Della Gherardesca family; the church contains family tombs. The interior apse is frescoed with a Madonna and child. The remainder of the church has floral and geometric decorations.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.Bogheri tourism website, entry on churches. Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 2.Regione Toscana, i luoghi della fede, website.