Annunziata, Cortemaggiore

The Chiesa dell'Annunziata is a late-Gothic style, Roman Catholic church just outside of Cortemaggiore, in the Province of Piacenza, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

The church and the adjacent Franciscan order convent were begun in 1487 and the site consecrated in 1492.

However, the painter Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis known as il Pordenone, was employed in 1529–1530 to fresco walls of the chapel.

Pordenone also painted an altarpiece for the chapel, but this was moved by the Farnese to Naples, and the original is on display in the Capodimonte.

In 1870, it was restored to the church and hosted a group of Padri Sacramentini, as well as a school and town library.

View of the church and monastery buildings from the south
Capella Pallavicino
Dome of the Capella with fresco depicting God the Father and Angels by Pordenone.
Dispute over the Immaculate Conception of Mary by Pordenone, now at the Capodimonte