For those coming from Magreglio, at the entrance to Civenna, there is a graceful sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna: Divae Mariae Sacrum, as the small black plaque above the door says. It is the sanctuary of Sommaguggio. It would not be difficult to establish the origin of this denomination, if the name of Guggio given […]

The building, with a north-south orientation, is located at the side of the road connecting Vassena. Small in size, it has a portico with entrance portal, as well as a quadrangular opening on the right side of the entrance itself. Internally it develops with a small hall with cross vault and presbytery, bordered by two

The construction of the church commenced in 1659, when Abbot Giuseppe Rainoldi undertook the demolition of the old church, including its bell tower and sacristy. He personally financed the construction of a new, larger church on the same site. The construction process was protracted, marked by several interruptions. In 1728, the church’s façade was finally

The existing structure was constructed in the 16th century. Towards the close of the 19th century, it was under the patronage of Sir Eugenio Besana. In 1949, Alberico Aureggi generously donated it to the Church of San Giovanni in memory of his late wife, Elena, as commemorated by a plaque on the opposite facade. External

The current construction dates back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but certainly the original structure was older than at least a hundred years. In fact, the acts of the pastoral visit of 1593 recall this church and its frescoes (no longer existing today). External descriptionThe small religious building has a gabled façade in which

The church, originally belonging to the order of the Dominican friars, is formed by a single nave nave, on which there are two side chapels (the one on the right has a rich stucco decoration), and from the presbytery.The arch of the presbytery has two paintings representing San Vincenzo and San Martino. The back wall

The church, which is located inside a private property can not be visited, but its shapes can be seen along the provincial road towards Como.A single nave, with an irregular pattern, ends with a low apse carved by three splayed single-lancet windows. The façade has no decorations and is only moved by the monolithic architrave

Private property (Villa Trivulzio) Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli d’Albertone (Milan, July 27, 1822 – Milan, April 6, 1879) was an Italian art collector, founder of the museum that bears his name, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan. He was buried in Bellagio in the park of Villa Trivulzio in a neo-Gothic mausoleum built for him

The church of San Giorgio is located in Bellagio, next to the city hall. It is contemporary to the Basilica of San Giacomo, the main church of the city: like this one, it dates back to the XI-XII century (it is dated between 1080 and 1120). Originally the apse and the altar were facing east;

Medieval origins.Probably the primitive building, preceding the current construction, dated back to the 10th century; no trace exists of it. The new church was built in several phases between the end of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; a restoration and a further enlargement are documented towards the end of the 18th century, when it reached