Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Consolazioni, Brescia

The church of Santa Maria delle Consolazioni, formerly the church of San Faustino in Castro, is a church in Brescia, located in the eponymous Piazzetta delle Consolazioni along Contrada Sant'Urbano, on the climb to Brescia Castle, a short distance from Piazzetta Tito Speri.

Founded probably before the 9th century, this is one of the oldest churches in the city that has come down to us, albeit with later reconstructions. The church, in fact, was partially demolished during the 15th century to make way for a defensive line of the castle, and was later rebuilt with Renaissance lines, though preserving the 12th-century bell tower and apse. The church has been governed and administered since 1612 by the Confraternity of the Consolations, composed of citizens faithful to the cult of Our Lady. Its interior houses numerous paintings by various authors and various periods, from two 15th-century frescoes, to 17th-century canvases, to frescoes by Vittorio Trainini, an important Brescian artist of the early decades of the 20th century.