{"id":6637,"date":"2022-11-21T09:26:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/esperienze\/uncategorized\/santuario-di-s-maria-della-stella\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T10:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:56:47","slug":"santuario-di-s-maria-della-stella","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/experiences\/activities\/culture\/sanctuaries-and-parish-churches\/santuario-di-s-maria-della-stella\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Stella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Stella, also known as \u201c<strong>Madonna della Stella<\/strong>\u201d is located in a dominant position between the municipalities of Concesio, Cellatica and Gussago. Construction works began on 2 June 1537 and lasted about two years. This place was very dear to the <strong>Montini family<\/strong> and in particular to the young Giovan Battista, who, having become a priest, dreamed of settling down at the end of his diplomatic career right next to the Madonna Della Stella. However, Montini had a different destiny: on 21 June 1963, he became pope with the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papa_Paolo_VI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">Paul VI<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. Beatified on 19 October 2014, he was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis on 14 October 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The imposing and compact building, with no particular or relevant decorations on the exterior, has a high scarp wall running around the entire perimeter and is inspired by military construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">If architecture is the characterising feature of the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Stella, the <strong>works of art<\/strong> that decorate it are no less so. The presbytery is adorned by a monumental Baroque altar, which contains statues of saints and cherubs attributable to the <strong>Callegari workshop<\/strong>. The back wall is dominated by an impressive wooden altarpiece by a Brescian master from the late 16th century, which frames the extraordinary painting of the Madonna and Child by Girolamo da Romano, known as <strong>&#8220;il Romanino&#8221;<\/strong>. The large lunette at the top of the wall is beautifully decorated by a fresco of the Virgin of the Assumption by the painter Antonio Gandino, which refers to the elegant mixtilinear coffered ceiling painted in the vault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The site is <strong>one of the stages of the &#8220;Sacred and Art Route&#8221; of the Ecomuseum of Valle Trompia<\/strong>. The Mountain and Industry.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Stella, also known as \u201cMadonna della Stella\u201d is located in a dominant position between the municipalities of Concesio, Cellatica and Gussago. Construction works began on 2 June 1537 and lasted about two years. This place was very dear to the Montini family and in particular to the young Giovan Battista, who, having become a  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6115,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[109,117,119],"product_tag":[144],"class_list":{"0":"post-6637","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-activities","7":"product_cat-culture","8":"product_cat-sanctuaries-and-parish-churches","9":"product_tag-concesio","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"product-type-simple","15":"add-to-wishlist-before_image"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=6637"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6637"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitvalletrompia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}