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Mary, decorated by frescoes and a polyptych
dating from the XVI century. Built in the sixteenth
century, the church was renovated at various times
over the centuries until restoration work done
by Virginio Muzio (late XIX century) eliminated the
baroque additions and allowed the building to return
to its original splendour. Following the Nossa
21. The Maglio Museum at Ponte Nossa
River, we reach the Magli Museum, established
inside the structure of Maglio minor to describe
the operation of these enormous hammers used
in the production of machine tools.
Clusone
This peaceful town boasts an important artistic
and architectural heritage, with some highlights
that could be worthy of the larger art cities in northern
Italy. The larger monuments are found in the
town centre although important examples of local
culture can also be seen in the smaller streets and
these are often quite surprising. An example of
this is the fifteenth century complex of Paradiso
Church which has often undergone changes over
the centuries and opens onto the piazza with the
same name with a sombre bell-shaped façade: inside
there are lovely paintings by Antonio Cifrondi
and Domenico Carpinoni, artists who were from
Clusone. In the centre there is the elegant residence
of the Carrara Spinelli, a well-known family
from Clusone that had an important role in the
political, social and cultural life of the town. A short
distance away there is an interesting Art and
Time Museum, housed in the seventeenth century
Palazzo Marinoni Barca. Continuing onwards
we reach the sweet church of Saint Anne dated
1487, decorated with votive frescoes (XV-XVI centuries)
visible on the façade and on the walls of the
nave. In the Piazza dell’Orologio (Clock Piazza) there
is a lovely collection of historical buildings that
revolve around the serious façade of the Palazzo
Comunale (Town hall). Built in the XV century on
the remains of an ancient castle, the palazzo faces
the piazza with a long porticoed façade decorated
with frescoes painted from the XVth to the XVIIIth
centuries; on the side of the palazzo there is the
*Art and History