Chiesa medioevale di San Giacomo, Biella Piazzo.

Chiesa Medioevale di San Giacomo - Medieval Church of St James (Biella Piazzo)
Chiesa romanica del '200 con facciata del '300 su cui compaiono motivi già gotici. L’interno si presenta a croce latina a tre navate divise da pilastri cruciformi, archi a tutto sesto e cupola ottagonale, molto rimaneggiata nel '500, epoca di aggiunta della cupola e di rialzamento del pavimento di circa un metro. Nell'abside Madonna col Bambino in Trono, San Gottardo, San Giacomo e donatore, trittico del 1497 di Daniele de Bosis (notizie 1497-1528). Il campanile ha forme gotiche del '300 con ampie alte e bifore con colonne e capitelli in cotto.

13th-century Romanesque church with a 14th-century façade on which already Gothic motifs appear. The interior is in the form of a Latin cross with three naves divided by cruciform pillars, round arches and an octagonal dome, which was much altered in the 16th century, when the dome was added and the floor was raised by about one metre. In the apse, Madonna and Child Enthroned, St. Gotthard, St. James and Donor, a triptych from 1497 by Daniele de Bosis (news 1497-1528). The bell tower has Gothic forms from the 14th century with wide high and double lancet windows with terracotta columns and capitals.