Carona / Caruna

INFORMATION

FontID: 00920CAR
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di S.Giovanni Battista a Carona
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Via Papa Giovanni XXIII, 4, 24010 Carona BG, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0345 77093
Country Name: Italy
Location: Bergamo, Lombardia
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road SP2, 35 km N of Bergamo, 80 km NE of Milan
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Castiglione Olona and Bragora (Venice)
Church Notes: 15thC church consecrated 1450
St.George is shown slaying the Dragon; also a putto.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.02199, 9.78602
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 1′ 19.16″ N, 9° 47′ 9.67″ E
UTM: 32T 560839 5096791

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

Pulin, Carol, "Early Renaissance Sculpture and Architecture at Castiglione Olona in Northern Italy and the Patronage of a Humanist, Cardinal Branda Castiglione", 1984