Churches and shrines
CHIESA DELL’ARGININO
The church was built along a period of six years on an area owned by Emaldi Family; on November the 2nd 1727 it was dedicated to “Beata Vergine della Consolazione”, as mentioned in a wooden commemoration altarpiece preserved inside.
ORATORIO DELL’ANGELO CUSTODE
The oratory has been rebuilt in an extremely simple way. In the past, it was connected to the suburban villa of Severoli family. The street, joining the traffic light crossing to Senio riverside, is planted with wonderful planetrees which used to adorn the destroyed Villa Severoli.
CHIESA DI SAN GIUSEPPE
CHIESA ARCIPRETALE DI S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA E S. ANDREA APOSTOLO
The church was built on the ruins of the former oratory towards the end of the XV century and underwent to several alterations and widenings (1653 – 1752 – 1774).
CHIESA DI S. SEVERO IN SERRAGLIO
The style and the structure of the present building were designed by the imolese architect Cosimo Morelli, at whom is assigned the third rebuilt of the church carried out in 1789. During 1946 it was necessary to restore and partially rebuilt the church in the original Romanesque style because of the serious damages and destructions caused by the Second World War.
CHIESA DI S. ANTONIO ABATE
S. Antonio’s church has been rebuilt after World War II.
CHIESA DI S. MAURELIO
Wished by Alfonso Lavezzoli, this church was built in 1577 upon Giovan Battista Aleotti’s design. In 1609 it became a Parish Church. According to the tradition, the church preserves the holy relics of Lavezzola’s Patron Saint and of other saints.
CHIESA S. MARTINO
The church is dedicated to the homonymous saint, dates back to 1633, when the village was called Villa Canale Ripato.
CHIESA ARCIPRETALE DI S. AGATA V.M.
This church was built in Neoclassical style in 1881 and was designed by the architect Pritelli, but an older religious building used to be on this site around 1494, probably designed by Bramantino, as some remains of the facade decoration can still be seen in the sacristy.
THE FORMER CONVENT OF CAPUCHINS NUNS
The building now host the civic Museum “delle Cappuccine” and it includes, on the ground floor, the municipal library, the collection of prints and engravings “Gabinetto delle Stampe”, the historical archives and the natural history museum, while the first floor of the building hosts the museum with artworks spanning from the XV century to the present.
