San Giacomo, Soragna

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San Giacomo is a Baroque Roman Catholic church in Soragna, Parma, in northern Italy. It was built from 1755 to 1769 near the Rocca Meli Lupi, the lords’ palace. The architect was Ottavio Bettoli, and the bell tower (1826) was designed by Giuseppe Rasori. In 1939 it became a sanctuary. Inside, the left-hand chapel houses a Madonna of Loreto with Saints Fermo, Lorenzo and Lucia (1620) by Fortunato Gatti. The left altar holds a wooden Madonna Addolorata by Lorenzo Aili, while another altar displays a marble Dead Christ (1708) by Alvise da Cà. The sacristy contains 1749 tapestries by Giulio Seletti and a credenza (1741) by Giovanni Battista Galli-Bibiena and Vincenzo Biazzi. The main altar is crowned by a Baldacchino completed in 1811 by Francesco Galli.