Chiesa di San Valentino

The fourteenth-century Church in the district of San Valentino probably existed as early as May 10, 1300, in the form of a small chapel, called Pilastro, as can be learned from an inscription inside the Church itself, placed above the lunette on the entrance wall. It reads: “TEMPLUM HOC EXTRUCTUM FUIT X MAJ MCCC EXORNTUM X MAJ M.C.M. III” which means: “It was built on May 10, 1300, and adorned on May 10, 1903.” The latter date marks the restorations that took place in the sixth centenary, which gave it its current state.
In 1429, the faithful constructed the Church dedicated to San Valentino. In the sixteenth century, the Church was under the civil jurisdiction of the Municipality of Marcemigo and spiritually dependent on the Pieve of Tregnago. Adjacent to the Church, there was probably a modest convent built by the Carmelites in the fifteenth century, which has now been completely transformed, suppressed in 1656 for unknown reasons.
The little church, with a single nave, has a trussed roof and simple forms, features three altars; the sail vaults of the apse date back to the twelfth century. On the main altar, a stone statue by A. Rigetti represents Saint Valentine the priest and another, much deteriorated, represents Saint Valentine, bishop from the sixteenth century. Outside, it is accompanied by the characteristic cone-shaped brick bell tower.