Cappella dell’Addolorata

Cappella dell’Addolorata is located in Via Europa in Massone, a fraction of the municipality of Arco. The chapel of the Addolorata was built in 1744 by the brothers Antonio, Giacomo, Giuseppe and Floriano Negri of Massone. It was built according to the will of his brother Joachim, who had moved to Vienna.

The chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows is oriented north. It has an octagonal plan with a polygonal apse. It has simple facades finished with tinted plaster joined by angular frames. On the façade there is an architraved portal, surmounted by a quadrilobate oculus. The interiors are punctuated by six pairs of plastered pilasters placed in the corner. The pilasters strips are joined at the top by a cornice string course. The classroom is covered by an umbrella vault, with irregular sails. The sails are decorated with false mirrors, while the apse is surmounted by a barrel vault adorned with a false chest of drawers with rosettes.

History of the Chapel

The chapel was built in 1744 by the brothers Antonio, Giacomo, Giuseppe and Floriano Negri of Massone. Built for the will of his brother Joachim who lived in Vienna. Also in 1744 the chapel is blessed, exactly on September 6. In order to follow up the will of his fifth brother, Joachim, who had moved to Vienna. In 1787, in order to remove the chapel from the dispositions issued by Emperor Joseph II, it was decided to declare it private property of the Negri family.