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The historic
centre of Diso has beautiful ‘case a corte’ and some old palaces such as the 18th
century
Baronial
Palace. The Mother church was built in the 18th century. the façade
has a portal with two niches and statue of the saints. It has a Latin Cross plan
inside there are some finely decorated altars, paintings of the 16th
and the 17th century and two paintings with Our Lady of the Carmel
and Elidoro when he is sent away from the temple. The painting of Our Lady with
the Child is very interesting and is embellished with a golden frame. The small
church of Our Lady of Constantinople dates probably to the 19th
century and was restored in 1930. it opens only on May 3rd on St
Giacomo and Filippo’s day. The church of the Virgin dates to the 17th
century. The façade has a finely decorated baroque portal while on the left wall
of the church there is a fresco representing the Crucifixion. Inside there are
some interesting paintings representing Our Lady of the Rosary, the Virgin and
other saints, a wonderful wooden statue of the Virgin and an 18th
century silver calyx. The Church of St Oronzo was built in 1656 because the
population wanted to thank the saint for his intervention against the plague.
Next to the church there is also a column with the statue of the saint. The
church is aisleless and only one altar but three of its frescos are in good
conditions. The church belongs now to the Corvaglias and opens only on august 26th
for the Mass in honour of the saint. The Chapel of St Sisinno dates probably to
the 16th century, it is in gothic style and was rebuilt after 1832
when a cyclone knocked it down. Next to the Capuchins’ Convent there is a nice
church of the 17th century. The façade is richly decorated and inside
there are 23 paintings and an epigraph says that the remains of St Costantino
are buried under the high altar. The Church of Our lady of the Snow is the
oldest religious building of the village. Inside there is a beautiful painting
of the Virgin with a roman centurion. The patron saints of Diso are St Giacomo
and St Filippo and the population celebrates them on May 1st.
The nickname of
the people of Diso is “unagnuli”, that means lambs. The lamb is certainly the
symbol
of this village since it is also on the civic coat of arms but the nickname
comes from a legend. When the parish church organ had to be inaugurated the
priest had prepared a big celebration and an organ concert for all the city and
religious authorities. He prepared everything in detail but was also really
worried, nervous and anxious. When the day of the inauguration came, the singer
of the concert disappeared and he got into a panic, went in a sheepfold and came
back with two lambs to replace the singer.
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