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The Parish church of Saint John the Baptista

Information
Address
Ufficio Turistico e Consorzio Turistico Valle Maira Piazza XX Settembre 3 12025 Dronero (CN)
Contact info
(0039) 0171.917080 / 379.1789427 consorzio@vallemaira.org www.vallemaira.org
Opening hours
lunedì-venerdì 8.30-12.30 / 13.30-16

Celle Macra, a small town linked to the  history of the anchovy traders, is the custodian of a work of art of rare beauty in its Parish church: the altarpiece of Hans Clemer.

The famous “maestro d’Elva”, an itinerant Flemish painter in the valleys of the Marquisate of Saluzzo, produced, in 1496 one of the most precious works on wood of Piedmont Gothic art. In the interior of the church there is also a Gothic baptismal font by the Zabreri brothers and a canvas by Francesco Gonin.

It is also worth noting that, not far away, there is a small chapel dedicated to san Sebastiano, where the late medieval frescoes of Giovanni Baleison depict the scene of the saint’s martyrdom.  On the sidewalls are scenes from Dante’s Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.