This church, dedicated to Saint Mary of the Snows, was originally built by the Bentivoglio dynasty as a noble octagonal-plan chapel. Its façade, incorporated into the square’s layout, was designed in 1599 by Giovan Battista Aleotti. In 1613, at the request of Ippolito Bentivoglio, the church became the parish church of Gualtieri, replacing the former Church of Saint Andrew.

After the flood in 1756, the church was rebuilt by Giovan Battista Fattori and decorated with stuccoes by Arcangelo Scotes. Its interior features a vaulted single nave with a barrel ceiling and three chapels. Above the altar of the Bentivoglio family chapel hangs the “Annunciazione” (Eng. Annunciation), painted by Bononi of Ferrara (1601), a pupil of the Carracci school. 

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