• SANTI ANTONIO E ANDREA DI CERETOLO

• Via Bazzanese 47, 40033 Casalecchio di Reno

• CALL

• Weekdays: half hour before Mass

• The Church of Ceretolo, situated on the hill of the same name, today Ca’ Bruciata, was dedicated to Saint Andrew in 18th century and was under the jurisdiction of the Reno Valley Canon priests of Casalecchio. Later it was moved to an oratory together with another church known as the “Blessed Virgin of Loro.” The oratory was expanded and the old church's entire façade was transported for a distance of 22 feet in 1764 by means of an extraordinary enterprise of “ropes and machines.” The church was embellished and expanded in 1782; further additions and remodeling were carried out in 1929 and in 1933. The structure is characterized by a central nave flanked by four chapels and a small choir. Though the church once held a number of valuable works of art, many of these have been lost. The bell tower, built beside the church in 1795, was damaged first by a 1928 earthquake, and then again during the Second World War.