Walking up the road that leads from\u00a0Siviano\u00a0to Cure you will encounter the hamlet of Masse. The\u00a0church of S. Rocco\u00a0was built there to protect the area. When the church was erected it was dedicated to two saints,\u00a0Saint Rocco and Saint Pantaleon. It was probably built around the 15th century, when the saint started to be worshipped because of the plague, but it was not as big as it is now: it was so small that it looked almost like a catacomb.<\/p>\n
However it had two, small altars, the high one and a smaller one on the side of the sacristy. After his visit in 1580,\u00a0Saint Charles Borromeo\u00a0ordered that the smaller altar be removed and the side door be closed and replaced by another door on the main facade. However, after about 10 years, nothing had been done, so the Bishop of Brescia, through one of his chancellors, forbade the celebration of masses until the works were carried out. The inhabitants bought the current altar, extended the church, opened a new door on the facade and erected a bell tower.
\nThe gabled facade, characterized by a mixtilinear tympanum and a cross vault supported by four columns made of\u00a0Sarnico stone, is preceded by a porch and three steps and enclosed by a wrought-iron gate. The church has a longitudinal plan and frescos by Domenico Voltolini. At the centre of the frame of the high altar there is a statue of Saint Rocco. The church\u2019s chalice was carried out by Giuseppe Lugo.<\/p>\n
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