Chiesa dei Santi Carlo e Anna

piazza San Carlo - 15073 Castellazzo Bormida (AL)
Tel. +39 0131 275426
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Built by will of Maddalena Trotti, the first stone of the parish church of San Carlo was laid in 1631.
The construction history of the church, officially dedicated to Saints Charles and Anne, was marked by the slow progress of the building: the wars of the time forced repeated interruptions in construction (in the meantime, the title of parish was held by the adjacent church of the Annunciation, now disappeared and replaced by a small public garden).
The choir was completed in 1665, and the church was not completed until 1714, with a façade reminiscent of Santa Maria della Corte.
In 1892, the bell tower was raised to a design by engineer Crescentino Caselli, an academic in Turin and the creator of the original polychrome crowning.
In the sacristy behind the church, Paolo Daneo, later canonized as Saint Paul of the Cross, wrote the first text of the Passionist Rule between 1720 and 1721.
The rooms occupied by the future saint now house a small museum about his life, run by the Passionist Fathers who live in the house behind the church.