Chiesa di Sant'Eugenio
Sant’Eugenio, a Catholic church set in the historic core of Altare, anchors the village’s medieval heart and carries the memory of Eugenio of Cartagine in its name. The building sits in the locality known as Piazza Monsignor Bertolotti, and its parish shares the same designation within the Savonese pastoral zone of the Diocese of Acqui. Construction is dated to the early 17th century, with sources placing the rise of the current structure between 1620 and 1650 to replace the older parish church once linked to the Benedictine monastery of Sant’Eugenio on Bergeggi. Inside, the church presents a single rectangular nave flanked by four side chapels per side, leading to a broad presbytery that centers the liturgical space. …
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