San Nicola di Baraggiola
church building in Borgomanero, Italy
San Nicola di Baraggiola is a Roman Catholic church located in the neighbourhood of Baraggiola (o Barazzola), in the town limits of Borgomanero, province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy.
History
A structure at the site is documented by the 10th century. In the 12th century, the church was linked to Augustinian eremitic monks, with an adjacent monastery. The spare-appearing church has a single nave and ends in a semicircular apse. The tall 10th-century bell-tower, which doubled as watch-tower, is a Romanesque structure with mullioned windows.
“San Nicola di Baraggiola” enters the record as church building in Borgomanero, Italy. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Nicola, Baraggiola and church can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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