Valenzano - Historical Photos

St. Anthony Church

	Language		English		Italian

		St. Anthony's Church and Bell Tower	Valenzano 11
	Picture of St. Anthony's Church and bell tower, taken in 1933 looking south-west. The square in front of the church was then covered with stone tiles, "kgniangata", and rose about three feet above street level. The square had a wall outlying its perimeter and a monument at the corner. The church was built around he sixteenth century. The tall tower dominated high over the surrounding fields, and with its bells signaled social and religious activities for many centuries, such as vesper every evening.

		St. Anthony's Church, Front	Valenzano 20
	Picture of St. Anthony Church and bell tower, taken in 1933 looking at the front of the church. Stairs in center provided access to the stone-tiled square in front of church.

		St. Anthony's Church from Largo Plebishito	Valenzano 32
		Picture submitted by Tommaso Parisi.   Martinelli's Photographic Studio, Valenzano.
	Panoramic view of the square in front of St. Anthony's Church. Picture circa 1933. Note the public fountain in the foreground that comes up in another picture (click here).

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