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naves. At the end of the central nave is the dome. Inside the first chapel on the left, inside a large 18th century marble altar, is the miraculous painted wooden statue of the Madonna della Stella, probably a 13th-century French work. The frescoes on the vault were painted by Paolo Barbotti in 1851. The bell tower, dating back to the 13th century, was raised in the modern age.
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Santa Maria in Betlem has, like many other Romanesque churches in Pavia, a large sandstone portal with a slight splay. The façade is completed by blind loggias. On the façade there are still some Arab and Byzantine dishes dating back to the 12th century. Internally, the church is marked by three
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Near the church stood the Oltreticino Hospital, which housed pilgrims, the sick and the poor. The first documents mentioning the church and the hospital date back to 1130. In 1383 the hospital was merged with the nearby hospital of Saint Anthony the Great. The hospital was closed in 1808 and its
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period. In 1952, during the restoration of the church, the remains of the Carolingian building were identified and the perimeter of the Carolingian church was traced on the floor of the church (which can be accessed through a trap door).
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style. The 1952 restorations have almost eliminated the baroque layer, restoring the interior of the church to its original appearance.
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The name of the church, Santa Maria in Betlem, derives from the fact that the road axis of Borgo Ticino was the director for
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in France. The interior of the church underwent profound changes between 1735 and 1739, to adapt the
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portico, dating back to the 17th century, remains next to the church. The hospital was run by the
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Affiliation
Catholic
Province
Pavia
Year consecrated
Pavia
Geographic coordinates
45°10′38.63″N 9°9′02.04″E / 45.1773972°N 9.1505667°E / 45.1773972; 9.1505667
Style
Pavia
Ponte Coperto
Ticino
pilgrims
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Carolingian
Anthonians
Vienne
Romanesque
Baroque

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