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The collegiate church, dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo, was built on the Greek cross plan between 1650 and 1697 from a design by the architect Gherardo Silvani.
Touristic area : Hill area.
Geographic zone: Valle del Lamone
Explaination: In the centre of Brisighella one finds the Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo, designed by the Florentine architect Gherardo Silvani and finished in 1697. At the entrance there is big bronze door of the sculptor Angelo Biancini. Here one venerates the Madonna delle Grazie in a painting from 1410 of Mingarelli. Among the other works of value are a baptismal stoup with the Malatesta coat of arms; two canvases of the Bolognese artist Bertuzzi, depicting San Giorgio and Santa Rosa da Lima, and two wood statues of 1750 of the Toselli brothers Nicola and Ottaviano.
Additional notes: The present facade, designed by the architect Boschi of Faenza, was entirely reconstructed after the grave damage of he 1781 earthquake.
Opening hours:
Opening times: Open every day from 08.30 am to 11.30 am and 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm.
Sundays: Holy Mass at 08.30 am and 10.30 am . Saturday afternoon at 6.00 pm.
Entrance fee: Free
