Cortemaggiore

Among the religious edifices in the town are the following: • Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie or Collegiata: Gothic style church in town center. The interior conserves a polyptych, composed of twelve pieces by Filippo Mazzola, the father of Parmigianino. • San Giovanni: church built in 1625-1630 and frescoed by Robert de Longe in 1705 • Annunziata: church and adjacent Franciscan monastery, built in 1487, it houses two works by Il Pordenone, an Immaculate Conception and a Deposition from the Cross. • San Giuseppe: built 1576-1593 by the brotherhood of San Giuseppe, and subsequently decorated with stuccoes by Bernardo Barca and Domenico Dossi in 1697-1701 • Oratory of San Lorenzo: built in 1666. • Oratory of San Giovanni: started in 1625 by the confraternity of SS Sacramento. • Santa Maria delle Grazie fuori le mura or Madonnina: built by the priest Anotonio Bovarini in 1661. ==Notable people born in Cortemaggiore==

• Ranuccio II Farnese (1630–94), Duke of Parma and Piacenza • Lorenzo Respighi (1824–89), mathematician, astronomer • Giuseppe Manfredi (1828–1918), patriot and President of the Italian Senate from 1908 to 1918, during the years of World War I • Franco Fabrizi (1926–95), actor == Image gallery ==

Image:Frati.JPG|The façade of the Church "dell'Annunziata". File:Deposizione di Cristo, Il Pordenone.jpg|"The Deposition", by Il Pordenone. File:Pordenone, Disputa sull'immacolata concezione.jpg|"The Blameless Conception", by Pordenone. Image:Particolare_pallavicino.JPG|A view of the Pallavicino's private chapel in the church "dell'Annunziata". File:Chiostro annesso alla chiesa dei frati, Cortemaggiore.jpg|The beautiful cloister of the church "dell'Annunziata". Image:Madonnina_corte.JPG|The church "Santa Maria delle Grazie fuori la mura" or "Madonnina". File:San Giovanni, Cortemaggiore.jpg|The oratory of "San Giovanni" (St. John). File:San Giuseppe, Cortemaggiore (1).jpg|The church of "San Giuseppe" (St. Joseph). File:Chiesa di San Lorenzo a Cortemaggiore.JPG|The Oratory of "San Lorenzo" (St. Lawrence). Image:Vista_corte.JPG|A view of Cortemaggiore's centre.