Churches

The basilica was built between the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century It has a plan with three naves with the bell tower placed on the left of the façade. Of the original building, the three apses remain on the outside, decorated with double-edged arches; inside the four capitals […]

The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Ghisallo in Magreglio Visit the official website The Ghisallo Pass, known as Ghisàl in Lombard, connects Valassina with the upper part of the Lariano Triangle, standing at 754 meters above sea level in the municipality of Magreglio. A small church, the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Ghisallo, is found

OriginSeventeenth century External descriptionThe small church has a simple gabled façade and a small bell tower on the left side of the roof. Internal descriptionThe interior consists of a single nave with a rectangular presbytery, behind which the sacristy was built.As you enter, on the right wall there is an eighteenth-century painting with the Madonna

The small church dedicated to the Saints Biagio and Andrea in the hamlet of Pescallo is partly incorporated into other structures that do not make it immediately identifiable.The exterior is very simple, with a gabled façade. The sail bell tower is inserted on the right side of the roof. External descriptionThe interior is made up

From documentary notes the church appears to exist as early as 1382. Subsequently, in 1757 the renovation of the entire building, now dilapidated, began and ended in 1760.The church, with north-south orientation, is located along the road connecting Bellagio and is accessed through the pronaos directly from the road. It has a façade divided into

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