Contrada di San G...

The quarter takes its name from the small ancillary church of St. George, which was affiliated to the parish church in Rogno. St. George’s later became the parish church of the town.

The church is mentioned in the acts of the 13th century. It was certainly greatly restored in the second half of the 15th century when it was enlarged by adding the upper part of the Socha tower below, then at the beginning of the 18th and in the 19th centuries.

In the 15th century the Celeri, Lolio, Moretis de Qualino, Bertolais, Montanaribus de Burno and de Fregeris families lived in this quarter.

SANCTUARY OF LOVERE SAINTS
THE CIVIC TOWER
THE TOWER OF THE ALGHISIS
SOCA TOWER


SANCTUARY OF LOVERE SAINTS
The sanctuary is dedicated to Christ, King of the Virgins, and it was consecrated by the bishop of Brescia in 1938. It was built in honour of the Loverese Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, who were canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. The mosaics and symbols along the porticoed entrance stairs represent the Beatitudes and the Works of Mercy in harmony with the charitable aims of the Congregation “Sisters of Charity” (nowadays known as “Sisters of Holy Child Mary”), which was founded in Lovere by the two saints in 1832. The Congregation spread over many countries not only in Europe, but also in Asia, America and Africa.

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THE CIVIC TOWER
It was rebuilt during the XIX century. On the tower there’s a clock and a fresco of a lion, symbol of the Venetian rule, bearing the date 1442.
The fresco below is a false, a part of the original fresco beeing now kept in the office of the town hall while the other part got destroyed.
The Civic Tower, which dates back to the XIV century, lies on the remains of the castle of the Celeri family.

THE TOWER OF THE ALGHISIS
It’s a tower dating back to the XIII century which is also called, according to the Statute of Lovere of 1650, the tower of the family of the Suoli. In other historical documents it is mentioned as the tower of the family of the Buosi, which probably meant of the family of the Bosio. No historical reference to the family of the Alghisi in relation to this tower located in via Matteotti has yet been found.

SOCA TOWER
It dates back to the XIII-XIV centuries. It was originally one of tower-houses belonging to the family of the Celeri, but since it had got partly destroyed during the period of medieval communes, it was later included in the apse of the Church of St. George.