Churches
Oratorio di Barottoli
MONTERONI D'ARBIA
LISTEN THE AUDIO GUIDEThe oratory of Barottoli is a sacred building in an anonymous place in Monteroni d’Arbia. It was built to keep an image with the Madonna with Christ Child of the XIV century, which was very venerated by the local people. The painting was on the wall of a ruined house; in 1615began the building of an oratory and the image was removed from the wall and collocated in 1617 on the main altar of the new building, completed in 1620. Today it is a private possessions and it presents a very decorated internal part, with a unique plant and four spans which end with cross vaults. On the two side-altars in stucco with white volutes, there are a copy of the canvas by Rutilio Manetti about “The Temptations of Saint Anthony” and an eighteenth-century painting which portraits Tobiolo and the Angel.The oratory of Barottoli is a sacred building in an anonymous place in Monteroni d’Arbia. It was built to keep an image with the Madonna with Christ Child of the XIV century, which was very venerated by the local people. The painting was on the wall of a ruined house; in 1615began the building of an oratory and the image was removed from the wall and collocated in 1617 on the main altar of the new building, completed in 1620. Today it is a private possessions and it presents a very decorated internal part, with a unique plant and four spans which end with cross vaults. On the two side-altars in stucco with white volutes, there are a copy of the canvas by Rutilio Manetti about “The Temptations of Saint Anthony” and an eighteenth-century painting which portraits Tobiolo and the Angel.