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Santi Pietro e Paolo, Brebbia

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Santi Pietro e Paolo ('St. Peter and Paul', Italian: Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo) is a Catholic church in Brebbia in the province of Varese, Italy. The church was built in 1100 and is a national monument. It is considered one of the best preserved Romanesque buildings in the province.

Location The St. Peter and Paul Church is situated in the centre of Brebbia, in the region of Lombardy. The town was the seat of a castle of the Milanese Archbishops in the medieval period.

History The Church of St. Peter and Paul is one of the best preserved churches in Italy. It was built in the 12th century by Julius of Novara, who was allied with the Romanic army. They decided that they wanted to replace an already existing church with a much bigger one on the same location. The St. Peter and St. Paul Church was built under Roman influence and is characterized by a strong Romanesque style. The church features various artworks, including paintings and frescoes dedicated to Queen Mary, St. Peter and St. Paul, the patrons of the town. St. Paul and Peter Church is associated with the myth of St. Julius, the founder of the church. The myth tells that Julius came with his brother from Greece to evangelize the area close to Orta Lake, and decided to destroy the temple of Minerva and build the Brebbia Church. The church has undergone various renovations, including the change of the central nave in the 17th century, which now includes more complex trusses, and restyling of the artwork.

Origins The church is located on or near the site of an earlier Roman temple dedicated to Minerva, built to celebrate a victory against the Celts, who occupied the cities of Milan and Como. Following Theodosius I's decision to adopt the Catholic religion, the Romans replaced Minerva's temple with a Christian church. This original church was subsequently replaced with the current church of St. Peter and Paul. The construction of the new Church was due partially to increasing population in the region.

The title of pieve During the 5th century, after several barbaric invasions against the town of Brebbia, the church gained importance and was granted the title of pieve, becoming the centre of the archbishops of Insubria. The church lost the title of pieve in 1567, when it was passed to the city of Milan.

Similarities with regional church architecture The church evinces architectural analogies with other churches of the area. These churches were also built around the 12th century and include Church of S. Maria del Tiglio; Church of S. Antonio of San Fedele Intelvi; Church of S. Vittore di Bedero; and S. Pietro di Gallarate. These churches are characterized by a Romanesque architecture and were based on three naves and one apse. The apse are all located at the end of the main nave. Art critics have advanced the hypothesis that all of these were built under the main guidance of Julius of Novara, due to the similarity in style.

Besozzi family The Church of St Peter and Paul contains several references to the Besozzi family. This family gained power in the 12th century and financed the construction of various churches and monuments, including the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Brebbia. This funding allowed the family to gain power in the area and to obtain favourable treatment in the affairs of the Catholic Church. The family had a coat of arms characterized by a golden flying eagle, which features in the church's fresco of the crucifixion.

Architecture

St. Peter and Paul Church has a typical Romanesque architecture: it is elementary and characterized by three naves and one apse, located at the end of the main nave and orientated to the east. There is a transept that comes out from the secondary naves. The main nave was originally characterized by a truss, substituted in the 17th century by a vault. This renovation work destabilized the building and because of that it required further structural modifications, which include the addition of tie-rods and metal slabs. These additions still remain visible on the church exterior.

Exterior

The wall of the church is made of great blocks of serizzo, granite and stone from Angera; they are positioned in a linear horizontal order. The front of the church shows the sloping roofs that come from the elevation of the main nave of 1600. The original structure of the church was made in a hut shape. The elevation of the nave is hidden by the plastering. The front of the church is divided into three parts as it is inside. On the high side of the front is an oculus, located in the middle, and two single-lancet windows in the secondary naves. The architects decided to complete the front with two doors: the main door is located in the centre, and it has a secondary door beside, which is smaller. On the south side of the building, there is a door in the middle of two single-lancet windows, similar to the ones in the front. The door is particularly decorated and is used as the main entrance of the church. The transept is opened by two single-lancet windows located in a low level, and an oculus in the middle. The apse is closed by the transept, and it is divided into three parts by two half pedestals. Each part is defined by a single-lancet splayed window with an arch and solid Angera stones. The single-lancet window of the central part is bigger than the others and more elegant. It is similar to the door on the south side of the building. The north side of the building is plain with no windows.

Interior

The interior has three naves on square pillars. Originally it had a trussed roof on the central nave. The semi-columns that start from the level of the capitals have been used to support the fall of the seventeenth-century vaults. The wide eastern apse has an ogival-shaped basin that still has 15th-century frescoes. From the inside of the church, the problems related to the restructuring of the church are evident. The naves are characterized by three spans, and the main nave is twice the size of the secondary naves. The pillars of the church are characterized by having different shapes. They bear a wide cross vault, located in the centre of the transept. This area is the only one that was originally covered by the vault, to emphasize the holy part of the church.

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In the classroom: Santi Pietro e Paolo, Brebbia is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy, Buildings and structures completed in 1100, Buildings and structures in the Province of Varese, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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