Church of Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Péone

Church of Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Péone
Church of Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Péone
	Church of Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Péone
General information
Type	Church
Architectural style	Baroque
Address	Rue de l'Église
Town or city	Péone
Country	France

The Church of Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Péone is a Catholic church located within the municipality of Péone, in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes.^[1]

The building was registered as a monument historique on November 29, 1948.^[1]

History

The first church was built in the 11th century.

The church was transformed and rebuilt in 1761 following the plans of the architect Pietro Antonio Santo Bartolomeo, a master Italian mason born in Lugano, Switzerland.^[2]

There remains from the previous building a lintel of a door engraved with the date 1550 and two lateral chapels covered by ogive arches, which were parts of the old nave whose central element disappeared during the transformation.^[3]

Architecture

The church was built following a Greek cross plan. At the crossing of the transept, the church is surmounted by a hexagonal cupola, topped with a square lantern.

All of the interior decor, stucco, altarpieces, and paintings are in the Baroque style.

References

^ ^a ^b Église Saint-Arige-et-Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse
^ Dominique Foussard, Georges Barbier, Baroque niçois et monégasque, p. 287, Picard éditeur, Paris, 1988 ISBN 2-7084-0369-9
^ Luc F. Thévenon, L'art du Moyen Âge dans les Alpes méridionales, p. 62, Éditions Serre (collection patrimoines), Nice, 1983 ISBN 2-86410-047-9