Chiesa della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria e di San Silvestro

Piazzola sul Brenta’s Duomo is dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Sylvester. Its neogothic brick facade and bell tower stand beside the Villa Contarini complex.

Why it matters

The church connects a medieval parish history with a twentieth-century building. Its relationship with the Contarini family reaches back to the earlier religious history of the community.

What to notice

Alternating light and dark bands articulate the brick facade. The campanile contains five bells associated with the Veronese ringing tradition, including work from the Colbachini and Cavadini foundries.

Context and history

The parish community developed from an earlier church dedicated to Mary. Rebuilding supported by Maria da Carrara and Nicolò Contarini preceded its fifteenth-century parish status. The present church was built between 1914 and 1926 and consecrated in 1955. A later conservation campaign addressed the bell tower, continuing the maintenance of the parish’s architectural heritage.