Santa Maria Assunta, Arrone Explained

Santa Maria Assunta is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Arrone, province of Terni, region of Umbria, Italy.

History

The church has a sober 15th-century white marble facade. The interior, including the apse.^[1] The interior contains various frescoes, including the following works:^[2]

• Madonna del Rosario (1609) attributed to Giuseppe Bastiani
• Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and John the Evangelist, attributed to Francesco Cozza
• Annunciation, Adoration by Shepherds, Dormition of the Virgin, and Coronation of Virgin (1516) by Vincenzo Tamagni and Giovanni di Pietro da Spoleto
• Frescoes in the apse (1544) by Jacopo Siculo
• The main altar triptych by the Maestro di Arrone (1487) was stolen in 1971.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=gi8gQzQwnyYC Touring Club of Italy: Umbria
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=kdEA-m7sFtIC Umbria