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Oratory of San Quirico in Casale

The oratory of San Quirico in Casale has been documented since 1023. The building is one of the most effective examples of the "minor" Romanesque language found in the Lucca region. The documents show that the church was close to a female monastery founded by Bishop Rangerio (1091-1112).

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During the Second World War, it suffered severe damage, so much so that the roof had to be rebuilt. Recently, in 2007 to be precise, consolidation and restoration work was carried out, restoring the building to its original Romanesque appearance.

The church has a single rectangular hall with a slightly projecting apse. The walls are made of square blocks of wart stone from the nearby Guamo quarries. The façade has a gable and a square ashlar facing. In the centre of the façade is the entrance portal, with a rectangular opening framed by two pilasters topped by curvilinear corbels and a cusped architrave, while at the top is a cross-shaped opening. The roof has a small bell-shaped gable.


Itinera Romanica (Romanesque itineraries)

Today, the church is an important stop on one of the many Romanesque itineraries that characterise the Upper Tyrrhenian area between Italy and France.
Natural, historical and cultural itineraries that pass through small mountain villages and rural environments along paths and ancient tracks, where small religious buildings such as churches, basilicas, parish churches and chapels can be rediscovered and enhanced.

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