
Church of San Sebastiano in Tovetto
The church of San Sebastiano dates back to before 1585, during the same years in which the settlement of Tovetto developed. The original entrance opened to the south, while the current one is facing west. The bronze door, created in 1996 by Fritz Røed, depicts the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem along with symbolic elements of the territory.
Over the centuries, the church has been maintained thanks to the donations of the population, which allowed for the construction of the sacristy and a side niche dedicated to San Domenico in the eighteenth century. Curiously, the statue of this Saint is traditionally venerated as San Rocco, although the iconographic attributes clearly refer to San Domenico.
The main altarpiece depicts San Sebastiano, flanked by numerous saints invoked for the protection of the community, including San Giovanni Battista, San Rocco, Santa Maria Maddalena, and Sant’Antonio Abate. The work, datable between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, stands out for the naturalness of the figures, lacking traditional attributes such as halos, and united by a single landscape in the background.

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