Funeral chapel of 1838

The Church of Croce Dorata works as the funerary chapel of the Municipal Cemetery since 1838, when the Antica Collegiata cemetery was abandoned. The church was erected after a miracle happened in 1680 to Claudio Galasso da Giaglione, who was praying in front of a votive templet depicting a Madonna and was returned the gift of speech The people as a thanksgiving for the miracle built a chapel around the ancient votive templet as it is recorded on the stone plate attached on the façade and dated 1685 Of the original baroque decorations inside the church only the main altar still remains This is an 18th century work in carved and lacquered wood, where the central-piece is constituted by the old fresco of the votive templet dedicated to the Madonna of the Golden Cross (Croce D Oro).