The Baroque architecture of Santa Maria del Sole in Lodi

Nestled within the heart of Lombardy, Italy, lies Lodi. Among its landmarks stands Santa Maria del Sole, a late Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located on via Santa Maria del Solea in central Lodi. A chapel was erected in the mid-16th century to shelter an image of the Madonna painted on a wall. A church was erected in 1564, and two decades later the image of the madonna was transferred to this church.

The icon had an image of the sun next to the Madonna. In 1710–1715, the church was rebuilt under the guidance of the architect Rocco Pellegrino, with Tommaso Bonio serving as the architect of the facade. Attached to the church was the Confraternity of the Disciplini della Carita, a charity dedicated to helping those incarcerated and condemned to die.

In 1644, the confraternity was granted by Philip IV of Spain the right to free one man condemned to die. The interior of the church features statues depicting Hope and Faith by the sculptor Somaini. The choir contains an altarpiece depicting the Coronation of the Virgin and the Mysteries of the Rosary by Giovanni Battista Trotti.

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