Abbadia Lariana - Chiesa di San Bartolomeo (Church of San Bartolomeo)
At the foot of the hill at Castello stands the late 17th-century Church of San Bartolomeo, built on the site of an earlier edifice. On the hill, once the centre of the abbot's feudal territory, there...
Read moreAbbadia Lariana - Chiesa di San Lorenzo (Church of San Lorenzo)
The church overlooks the lake and has an interesting 17th-century wooden altar and frescoes by Luigi Tagliaferri.
Read moreAbbadia Lariana - Chiesa di San Martino (Church of San Martino)
the building is very old, as evidenced by the lancet windows and the gabled roof; the presbytery, with its cross-vaulted ceiling, was added in the 15th century and contains interesting paintings, incl...
Read moreBarna - Chiesa di Maria Maddalena (Church of Maria Maddalena)
The church stands in the beautiful square in the hamlet of Barna, where there is a fountain with four jets. Established as a parish church in 1636 when it broke away from Saint Fidelis (Plesio), it ha...
Read moreBellagio - Chiesa di San Giacomo (Church of San Giacomo)
The church of San Giacomo was built in the 12th century. It was extended in the Baroque period with a nave and two side aisles and the bell tower to the left of the facade. The three apses with double...
Read moreBellagio - Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Church of San Giovanni Battista)
Church of San Giovanni Battista is arguably the most beautiful in the whole of the Larian Triangle. It rises up from the lake, almost as if to underline the concept of purification through baptism per...
Read moreBellagio - Chiesa romanica di Santa Maria (Romanesque church of Santa Maria)
Located in the hamlet of Guggiate, the small church, known since 845, is a three-aisled building with a protruding transept and a semi-circular apse, partially unoriginal, dating from the 12th century...
Read moreBellano - Chiesa dei Santi Nazaro e Celso (Church of Santi Nazaro e Celso)
Built in the late Romanesque style, it has a black and white striped facade with ogival portals and a large rose window in enamelled terracotta. Restoration work was carried out between 1342 and 1350 ...
Read moreBellano - Chiesa di San Gottardo (Church of San Gottardo)
Situated in the hamlet of Oro, a locality known in the past for the production of raisin wine ("vino passito"); it is the patron of wanderers and was erected between 1569 and 1579.
Read moreBellano - Chiesa di san Rocco (Church of San Rocco)
Located next to the St. Rocco Bridge, the building houses valuable modern paintings by the artist Vitali, and since 1969, it has become a War Memorial.
Read moreBellano - Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime (Sanctuary of Madonna delle Lacrime)
The shrine, in the classical Baroque style, is set in a splendid position in the hamlet of Lezzeno. It was built in 1690 (possibly designed by the architect Quadrio), just two years after the miracle ...
Read moreCalolziocorte - Monastery of Santa Maria del Lavello (Monastery of Santa Maria del Lavello)
The complex is one of the most important religious institutions in the Lecco area, located in a picturesque natural setting on the banks of the Adda River. It consists of the church and two main court...
Read moreCama - Chiesa parrocchiale di San Maurizio
First documented in 1219, the building as it stands today is in the Baroque style with a nave (possibly dating from 1611), barrel vault (around 1860), side chapels and bell tower (1656-62). The altars...
Read moreCastaneda - Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta (Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta)
Located in the village of Santa Maria, it was the mother church of Calanca. It is an important and significant sacred building of mediaeval origin, with precious furnishings: mentioned in 1219, it is ...
Read moreCastaneda - Chiesa parrocchiale di Santo Stefano (Parish Church of Santo Stefano)
First mentioned in 1544, the present building dates back to 1633. It was renovated and the nave and bell tower were added in 1932. Inside it houses a series of paintings from 1932 and, in the choir, a...
Read moreCernobbio - Chiesa di San Michele Rovenna (Church of San Michele Rovenna)
Saint Michael's parish church, of ancient origin, was rebuilt from scratch starting in 1667. The architectural style on the outside is extremely simple: the only ornamental part of the facade is the ...
Read moreCernobbio - Chiesa di San Nicola (Church of San Nicola)
The church of San Nicola of Casnedo, once also dedicated to San Carlo, stands on the site of an oratory named after the patron saint of Milan. It was dedicated to San Nicola because the inhabitants of...
Read moreCernobbio - Santuario della Beata Vergine del Monte Bisbino (Sanctuary of Beata Vergine del Monte Bisbino)
According to tradition, until the fourteenth century, the top of this mount was sharp. The shepherds would have flattened the top and used the rock to build a square and a chapel dedicated to the Vir...
Read moreChiavenna - Museo del tesoro (Treasure Museum)
The Treasure Museum is located inside the picturesque collegiate church of San Lorenzo, a complex dating back to the 5th century. The arcade was made between the 17th and 18th century with the aim of ...
Read moreColico - Chiesa di San Rocco (Church of San Rocco)
Next to the church there is a pleasant resting place with tables and stone benches surrounded by fields and chestnut groves. The Romanesque apse testifies to the church?s ancient origins. Some fairly ...
Read moreDervio - Chiesa dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta (Church of Santi Quirico and Giulitta)
The path follows the old National Road and leads to Villa di Dervio near the church of Saints Quiricus and Juliette. Built in the style of the 17th century, the church has a lovely Romanesque bell tow...
Read moreDervio - Monastero di San Clemente degli Umiliati (Monastery of San Clemente degli Umiliati)
This rural building was erected in the late 1200s to house the monks of the religious order of the 'Umiliati' (humbled). The order originated in Northern Italy in the 11th century, when certain nobl...
Read moreDorio - Chiesa della Madonna dei Monti (Church of Madonna dei Monti)
The church stands in a solitary spot immediately after Perdonasco and Spares Mounts. These are two seasonal settlements (traditionally known as 'monti') that belong to the town of Dorio. The little ...
Read moreDorio - Chiesa di San Giorgio (Church of San Giorgio)
The church of San Giorgio, which already existed in 1412, became the parish church of Dorio in 1506. Inside there is a large fresco from 1492 depicting the Virgin Mary and Saints and a resplendent San...
Read moreDorio - Chiesa di San Rocco
La chiesa di San Rocco, situata su un balcone naturale a 484 m di altitudine, venne edificata nel 1848 con forme dell’edilizia minore barocca. Nel 1856, come ricorda la targa posta all’ingresso, g...
Read moreGarzeno - Chiesa dei SS. Pietro e Paolo (Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo)
According to certain records the church already existed in 1172. Alterations were carried out in the 15th and 17th centuries and Bishop Ninguarda described it during his pastoral visits to the region....
Read moreGenico - Chiesa di San Pietro (Church of San Pietro)
Originally dating from the Early Middle Ages, this little church was almost entirely rebuilt in the Romanesque style. It stands on the Piano di San Pietro (Saint Peter's Plain) which affords some of ...
Read moreGittana - Parrocchiale e Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie (Parish and Sanctuary of Madonna delle Grazie)
The shrine stands in a scenic square with breathtaking views. The building, which stands apart from the present parish church, is now derelict. Rebuilt between 1620 and 1630, it is decorated with stuc...
Read moreGordona - Chiesa di San Martino (Church of San Martino)
This church houses one of the richest collections of silverware in the whole of the Chiavenna valley, mainly thanks to gifts by the people who emigrated to Naples and founded a society in 1540. The bu...
Read moreGordona - Chiesa di Santa Caterina (Church of Santa Caterina)
Can be reached by following the evocative 18th-century aedicule of a Via Crucis. The small building was connected to a castle that stood on the hill during the Middle Ages, and was later demolished by...
Read moreGrono - Cappella dell'oratorio di San Remigio (Chapel of the oratory of San Remigio)
The oratory, which stands alone on the left side of the valley, was first mentioned in 1219 and partially rebuilt in the 17th century. It comprises a small medieval hall with semicircular apse set in ...
Read moreGrono di Roveredo - Chiesa dei Santi Rocco e Sebastiano (Church of St. Rocco and St. Sebastiano)
A Baroque oratory (rebuilt in 1615, with additions and new furnishings from 1690-1715) set in a small square in the centre; on the façade there are paintings of the Nursing Madonna and the patron sai...
Read moreGrono di Roveredo - Chiesa parrocchiale di San Clemente (Parish Church of San Clemente)
Set above the village (first documented in 1219), it has a Romanesque bell tower on the north side and two 18th-century painted sundials (one with an allegory of death). Inside, the nave with painted ...
Read moreLeggia - Chiesa parrocchiale dei santi Bernardo e Antonio abate (Parish Church of santi Bernardo e Antonio abate)
The church, first documented in 1419 and altered in the following two centuries, has a bell tower dating from the late Middle Ages, a Baroque belfry with skylight, painted by Francesco Antonio Giorgio...
Read moreLemna - Chiesa di San Giorgio (Church of San Giorgio)
There are two different schools of thought about the construction of this church: some claim it was built in the 18th century and others think it already existed in the mid-16th century. In any case, ...
Read moreLenno - Battistero San Giovanni Evangelista (baptistery of San Giovanni Evangelista)
To the left of Saint Stephen's parish church is the baptistery dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist, dating from the second half of the 11th century. The exterior is simple and sombre, with a squar...
Read moreLenno - Chiesa di Sant'Andrea (Church of Sant'Andrea)
Since the beginning of the eleventh century, the architectural complex is composed of the church with a sacristy and the bell tower. The wall structures, in exposed stone, are characterized by element...
Read moreLenno - Chiesa di Santo Stefano (Church of Santo Stefano)
To the left of parish church of Santo Stefano is the baptistery dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist, dating from the second half of the 11th century. The exterior is simple and sombre, with a squar...
Read moreLenno - Complesso Romanico di San Benedetto (Romanesque complex of St. Benedetto)
The church, with three aisles separated by pillars and three apses, was built around 1080. The monastery was completed around 1090. It was abandoned by the monks in 1298, which led to its slow but ine...
Read moreLezzeno - Chiesa dei Santi Quirico e Giulietta (Church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta)
Lezzeno's main artistic attraction is the parish church of Santi Quirico and Giulitta. Behind and above the main altar is the impressive fresco by Giulio Quaglio (1712), the gifted artist from the In...
Read moreLierna - Chiesetta dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro (Church of Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro)
Located in the ancient Borgo di Castello, dive into the maze of narrow streets and enjoy this "glimpse of the Middle Ages". All that remains of the old centre are the walls facing the lake and the s...
Read moreLivo - Chiesa di San Giacomo (Church of San Giacomo)
Rebuilt in the 15th century on the site of an existing edifice, the church boasts a magnificent apse with frescoes from the 15th and 16th centuries and an attractive slender bell tower. The ogival int...
Read moreLostallo - Cappella di San Nicolao (chapel of San Nicolao)
Consecrated in 1611, it forms a charming Baroque ensemble with the former hospice; the murals on the outside (around 1611) have undergone major restoration work; inside there are 17th-century Baroque ...
Read moreLostallo - Cappella Madonna d'Aquate (Madonna d'Aquate Chapel)
At the northern exit of Lostallo, you pass the chapel. This votive chapel was built in 1704 by an emigrant from Lostallo, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Einsiedeln. It was converted into a mortua...
Read moreLostallo - Chiesa di San Carlo (Church of St. Carlo)
A building with a rectangular choir, consecrated in 1633; it bears witness to the spread of devotion to Charles Borromeo, who had visited Mesolcina in 1583; on the choir vault, there are illusionist p...
Read moreLostallo - Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta (Church of Santa Maria Assunta)
Small building with square choir, consecrated in 1609;
the extended gable roof forms an open gallery with two columns; 17th-century wall paintings and canvases.
Read moreLostallo - Chiesa parrocchiale di San Giorgio (Parish church of San Giorgio)
The church, built in 1639-56, stands in a commanding position overlooking the village and is built on a longitudinal plan. It is one of the very few Baroque churches in Grisons where the outside (with...
Read moreMandello del Lario - Chiesa della Madonna di Debbio (Church of Madonna di Debbio)
The picturesque little church of Our Lady at Debbio, originally dedicated to Santo Stefano, stands at the top of a flight of steps, surrounded by cypress and fir trees. Inside there is a fine painting...
Read moreMandello del Lario - Chiesa di San Giorgio (Church of San Giorgio)
The church is set in a small walled parvis, where you can stop for a rest and admire the view over Mandello and the lake. The marble holy water stoup dating from the 9th or 10th century is a clue to t...
Read moreMesocco - Chiesa di San Rocco (Church of San Rocco)
This Baroque church, thought to have been built in the early 1500s, was a Capuchin hospice from 1668. It has two chapels (added in 1671) and some interesting paintings by Francesco Antonio Giorgioli.
Read moreMesocco - Chiesa di Santa Maria del Castello (Church of Santa Maria del Castello)
Romanesque building, mentioned in 1219, with rectangular nave and two apses; extended in 1627; six-storey Romanesque bell tower. It houses a notable collection of paintings (1459-1469), including a cy...
Read moreMesocco - Chiesa parrocchiale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo (Parish church of Santi Pietro e Paolo)
Steps with the Stations of the Way of the Cross lead up to the parish church that stands on a spot with panoramic views. The earliest records date back to 1219, although the present building has a Bar...
Read moreMolina - Chiesa di Sant'Antonio (Church of Sant'Antonio)
Located in a small village centre, characterised by narrow alleys, porticoes and stairways, ideal for a short break, it is an 18th-century reconstruction of the original Romanesque building. Not to be...
Read moreMontemezzo - Chiesa parrocchiale Santi Martino e Giovanni Battista (Parish church of Santi Martino e Giovanni Battista)
The church, a real gem of the fifteenth century, is located in an extraordinary natural setting where you can practice activities such as trekking.
Read moreMusso - Chiesa di San Bernardo (Church of San Bernardo)
This recently renovated church stands in a commanding position opposite the rocky spur known as Sasso di Musso. It is a particularly scenic spot, with the Albano valley behind it and the elegant pyram...
Read moreNesso - Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo (Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo)
Although this church dates back to around the year 1000, we have no records of its activities for several centuries. The lakeside church was rebuilt in the early 17th century in the Baroque style. Som...
Read moreNesso - Chiesa di Santa Maria di Vico (Church of Santa Maria di Vico)
Santa Maria's church was built in the 13th century by the Order of the Umiliati (humbled), a religious order whose followers advocated a return to a more austere spirituality and a simple life. The c...
Read moreNorantola di Cama - Chiesa di San Lucio (Church of San Lucio)
The small building stands on a rise close to the castle ruins.
It has a square cross-vaulted choir and painted panels from a late-Gothic altar of the school of Ivo Srigel (1510).
Read moreNovate Mezzola - Chiesa di San Fedelino (Church of San Fedelino)
This small Romanesque architectural gem stands on the shore of lake Mezzola. The little oratory in its picturesque natural setting can be reached by boat from Scorico, Dascio and Novate Mezzola. The s...
Read moreOssuccio - Sacro Monte di Ossuccio e Santuario della Beata Vergine del Soccorso (Sacred Mount of Ossuccio and Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine del Soccorso)
According to popular tradition, the beginning of the devotion to the Virgin Mary is linked to an ancient statue of Mary and an ancient painting. The statue, made of white marble and probably hidden i...
Read morePalanzo - Chiesa dedicata a Sant'Ambrogio (Church dedicated to Sant'Ambrogio)
The village of Palanzo stands at the foot of mount Palanzone, which was once a busy pass offering an alternative route to the lakeside roads. In 1162 it was under the jurisdiction of the archbishop of...
Read morePeglio - Chiesa della Madonna di Pian di Gorghiglio (Church of Madonna di Pian di Gorghiglio)
Standing on the plain between Peglio and Livo is the picturesque little 17th-century oratory dedicated to Our Lady of Pian Gorghiglio, built entirely of stone. From the oratory there is a road to the ...
Read morePian San Giacomo - Chiesetta di San Giacomo (Little church of St. James)
On the right side of the valley, mentioned since 1419. Simple longitudinal body with a bell gable transformed in 1683 and restored in 1961.
Read morePiantedo - Chiesa della Madonna di Valpozzo (Church of Madonna di Valpozzo)
This is a 19th-century church with a pronaos built in 1944 and sturdy bell tower. Next to the building is a war memorial to the martyrs of the Resistance movement, which was very active in this area.
Read morePognana Lario - Chiesa di San Miro di Rovasco (Church of San Miro di Rovasco)
It was built as a small Romanesque temple in the twelfth-thirteenth century and then its plan was modified in the middle of the fifteenth century. The very ancient bell tower, dated by experts around ...
Read morePognana Lario - Chiesa di San Rocco (Church of San Rocco)
The base of the magnificent bell tower of San Rocco parish church bears witness to its Romanesque origins. Originally dedicated to the Holy Trinity, the imposing facade was built in the 18th century. ...
Read moreRoveredo - Cappella di San Rocco (Chapel of San Rocco)
This chapel, in an isolated position on the hill of Carasole, has a nave with a flat ceiling and a cross-vaulted choir. Traces of a Last Supper of the school of Seregno (second half of the 15th centur...
Read moreRoveredo - Chiesa di San Fedele (Church of San Fedele)
Located in the homonymous hamlet, mentioned in 1419, enlarged in 1630, deconsecrated and emptied of its furnishings in 1911, after a long period of neglect it became a restoration workshop of the Univ...
Read moreRoveredo - Chiesa di Sant'Anna / Madonna del Ponte Chiuso (Church of Sant'Anna / Madonna del Ponte Chiuso)
This impressive and harmoniously proportioned Baroque construction is one of the most interesting in the Mesolcina valley. It forms a scenic entrance to the Traversagna valley against the backdrop of ...
Read moreRoveredo - Chiesa di Sant'Antonio abate (Church of Sant'Antonio abate)
The church is on the cantonal road in the old centre of Piazza. First documented in 1419 and extended in the 17th century, it is built on a plain longitudinal plan with a square choir. The hexagonal f...
Read moreRoveredo - Chiesa parrocchiale di San Giulio (Parish church of San Giulio)
This large medieval building (first mentioned in 1219) has an impressive post-Romanesque bell tower. Inside there is a Romanesque-Gothic polygonal choir (around 1300), flanked by side chapels entirely...
Read moreSamolaco - Chiesa di San Giovanni all'Archetto (Church of San Giovanni all'Archetto)
One of the most important evidence of the ancient origins of Samolaco. The walls are largely buried by the debris carried by the nearby Casenda and Meriggiana streams, in memory of the numerous floods...
Read moreSamolaco - Chiesa di Sant'Andrea (Church of Sant'Andrea)
Located in Montenuovo, with a short deviation from stage 02 of the Via Francisca, we recommend you follow the Via Crucis to reach the Church of St Andrew in a short time (but uphill). The building, lo...
Read moreSamolaco - Resti della chiesa di Sant'Elena (Ruins of church of Sant'Elena)
On the edge of the hamlet there are the ruins of a little old church, of which you can see the apse with some frescoes.
Read moreSan Bernardino - Cappella dell'oratorio di San Bernardino (Chapel of the oratory of San Bernardino)
This is a cube-shaped building with a square choir. It has a low bell tower with pyramidic roof and a vestry. Built between around 1450-67, it was renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries. It houses r...
Read moreSan Bernardino - Chiesa Rotonda (Round church)
This is a central-plan church with a drum dome; the impressive steps were built between 1867 and 1897 in the style of the church known as San Carlo al Corso in Milano. Inside, in the main niche there ...
Read moreSan Fedele d'Intelvi - Chiesa Parrocchiale di Sant'Antonio (Parish church of Sant'Antonio)
The building has various elements that bear witness to its long history. The gabled facade has a well-preserved Romanesque portal, probably dating from the 12th century. The bell tower, the base of wh...
Read moreSan Vittore - Cappella di San Lucio (Chapel of San Lucio)
This is the oldest building in the Mesolcina valley. It is the only one of its kind in the region and consists of a square oratory joined to a round one built on a rocky ridge beside the cantonal road...
Read moreSan Vittore - Collegiata dei santi Giovanni Battista e Vittore (Collegiate Church of San Giovanni Battista and San Vittore)
A small deviation from the original route of stage 01 in the Mesolcina Valley; this building was built as a hall church in the 13th century and was subject to major renovations in the early 16th and 1...
Read moreSoazza - Cappella dell'oratorio della Madonna Addolorata (Chapel of the oratory of Madonna dell'Addolorata)
Baroque construction at the bottom of the steps leading up to the church of San Martino, altered in 1751.
Read moreSoazza - Chiesa di San Rocco (Church of San Rocco)
The Baroque building (1633), on a longitudinal plan, is located in the centre of the village. The rectangular choir is decorated with rich stucco work (mid-17th century). The barrel-vaulted side chape...
Read moreSoazza - Chiesa parrocchiale di San Martino (Parish church of San Martino)
The hilltop parish church enjoys open views and is linked to the village and the oratory below by a long flight of steps. Registered in 1219, in 1626-39 it was transformed into a single hall church in...
Read moreSorico - Chiesa di Santo Stefano (Church of Santo Stefano)
Next to the church stands an imposing bell tower. Originally constructed in the Romanesque style, the Baroque tower that stands today was rebuilt in 1703. The signs of previous 15th-century alteration...
Read moreSorico - Chiesetta di San Miro (Little church of San Miro)
The little church offers panoramic views from its commanding position overlooking Sorico and the entire lake. Inside it houses the remains of the venerable hermit, who died at the end of the 14th cent...
Read moreTorno - Chiesa di San Giovanni (Church of San Giovanni)
This interesting church in the village was built in the 1300s. It has a beautiful Romanesque bell tower and decorated Renaissance door. The relic of a Holy Nail, said to have been used to crucify Chri...
Read moreTorno - Sagrato della Chiesa di Santa Tecla (Churchyard of the Church of Santa Tecla)
The exact date of construction of this church is unknown. The present building dates from the end of the 15th century. The architectural lines of the facade, with the sculptured architrave surmounted ...
Read moreVaprio d'Adda - Chiesa di San Colombano (Church of San Colombano)
Some Columban monks, coming from Bobbio, revived, around 620, this castrum abandoned for years, transforming it into a monastic-rural settlement. The Romanesque church of St. Columbanus dates back to ...
Read moreVarenna - Chiesa di San Giorgio (Church of San Giorgio)
Built in the 14th century, it was restored in the 1950s. The facade is decorated with a 14th-century painting of Sa Cristoforp. Inside there are some late Romanesque and 15th-century frescoes, includi...
Read moreVarenna - Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Church of San Giovanni Battista)
The church stands alone in the main square; according to an inscription from 1750 it was extended in 1151 and consecrated in 1431. Some frescoes in the nave, thought to date from the 14th century, wer...
Read moreVerdabbio - Cappella dell'oratorio di Santa Maria Immacolata (Chapel of the oratory of Santa Maria Immacolata))
The building stands on a natural terrace in the middle of a chestnut wood, in the small rural community of Valdort (amidst houses, stables, utility buildings including a dilapidated mill).
Read moreVerdabbio - Chiesa parrocchiale dei Santi Pietro e Lorenzo (Parish church of Santi Pietro e Lorenzo)
First documented in 1219, the existing church is in the Baroque style (1668). Inside, the original 17th-century wooden ceiling of the nave, high altar with polychrome stucco decorations and superb pai...
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