Church of the Holy Cross

Nice to visit

Bellisdima small church, run by Don Terenzio, with great passion

It is a destination for motorcycles and bicycles, breathtaking views with kiosks, restaurants, bars, hotels, souvenir shops and more. At least once in your life you have to go

It is a church where you really feel at home ... thanks to Don Terenzio and all the operators who collaborate with him .... In a difficult moment in my life .... I feel at home ... Thanks also to Don Antonio who supports Don Terenzio in various activities .... Thanks to all

One of those parishes where the parish priest really knows his parishioners. Don Antonio is a special person: he knows how to understand and can speak to everyone, young or old. A special mention for Don Terenzio: a real point of reference. I am one of those who had moved away from the Church, but thanks to them, I am trying a new approach and a new path of rapprochement.

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The church of Santa Croce, opened for worship in 1951 on an area adjacent to the Brughetto farmhouse, repeats the name of the ancient church located in the center of Busto, deconsecrated in 1948 (it will be demolished in 1972). Cascina Brughetto, in the shape of a quadrilateral in the nineteenth century, large and populated, had a chapel dedicated to Sant'Eurosia martyr. Santa Croce di Brughetto was completed from 1952 to 1975 with stained glass windows, Via Crucis, Crocifìsso (from the Beato Angelico School) and altar. In 1977 it was dedicated to the fallen of all wars. In memory of the fallen, several bas-reliefs have been placed over the years by the Weapon Associations: Bersaglieri, Alpine troops, sailors, carabinieri, red cross, firefighters, grenadiers, financiers, sappers-transmitters. The side arcades of the church date back to 1982, already foreseen in the original project. The pillars and beams of the church are of reinforced concrete, the external walls of exposed brick. Santa Croce has the shape of a large hut with square side windows, with a presbytery and a sacristy at the end, with a facade animated by a series of small windows separated by small columns; the added arcades soften the building. Since the bell tower is missing, an arch above the presbytery supports the bell. Under the portico, a bas-relief commemorates don Angelo Volontè, chaplain of the bersaglieri, co-founder and custodian of the church, who died in 1975. The church became the seat of a new parish in 1991. Of the chapel of Sant'Eurosia, demolished in 1952, the late 17th century altarpiece is preserved, representing the saint at the moment of martyrdom, with the executioner, two soldiers, an angel crowning her with roses.