Frescoes — Via Crucis
The fourteen panels of the Via Crucis were created by Barbara Pietrasanta for the Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia in Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, using the ancient technique of fresco on the church colonnade. The work was commissioned by Don Armando Cattaneo, current Bishop of Monza e Brianza. The execution took approximately fourteen months and the Via Crucis was officially inaugurated on 29 June 2001. A copy of the frescoes is held at the Iglesia Jesús Divino Maestro in Lima, Peru. The cycle has been documented by Rai Tre, Famiglia Cristiana, Jesus, Il Corriere della Sera and Radio Popolare, among others.
Here are the fourteen panels of the Via Crucis made for the Holy Family Church in Cinisello Balsamo, Milan. They were entirely made with the ancient fresco technique and placed on the church colonnade. The work was commissioned to Barbara Pietrasanta by Don Armando Cattaneo, the current Bishop of Monza and Brianza, whose comments you can also read by clicking on each station. The construction lasted about 14 months and the Via Crucis was officially inaugurated on June 29, 2001.
A copy of the frescoes is located in the Iglesia Jesús Divino Maestro , Plaza del Maestro, Huacho Lima, Perù.
TV reports were broadcast on: Rai Tre, Famiglia Cristiana, Jesus, Telelombardia, Telereporter, Antennatre, Odeon TV, Il Corriere della Sera, Our time, Art, RadioLombardia, Radio Popolare.
