Luoghi religiosi
Borgo di Terzo
The convent of San Pietro
To have a daughter that was a nun was a question of status in the...
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Itinerari e percorsi
Trescore Balneario
The Suardi Oratory
There are some people won’t walk under ladders for superstitious reasons and then there are...
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Zandobbio
The Church of San Giorgio in Campis
Before going into the church through the main entrance, take a walk around the outside...
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Zandobbio
The Parish Church of Saint George
A finely carved altar, choir and pulpit are among the showpieces of this church, which...
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Vigano San Martino
The Sanctuary of the Madonna of the Flower and Saint Martin
This country church, a place of tranquillity and spirituality, was eventually replaced as parish church...
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Trescore Balneario
The Church of San Cassiano
Today all that remains of this very ancient cultish place are a few intriguing remnants....
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Borgo di Terzo
The Oratorio of the Disciplini
A small courtyard divides the simple church of the Disciplini from the parish church of...
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Spinone al Lago
The Church of San Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter in Chains)
As you travel along the SS42 main road through Spinone, there is an obligatory stop...
Itinerari e percorsi
San Paolo d’Argon
The Parish Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul
At one time this church belonged to the Abbey of the area and if you...
Itinerari e percorsi
San Paolo d’Argon
The Benedictine Abbey and ex-Monastery
This little gem of sacred art and architecture, set at the gateway to the Val...
Itinerari e percorsi
Ranzanico
The Oratorio of San Bernardino
Entrepreneurship, trade, work ethics and sermons against usury and gaming houses: it was with an...
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Gaverina Terme
The Sanctuary at Colle Gallo dedicted to the Madonna of the Snow
Two religions encounter each other at an altitude of 763 metres between the Val Cavallina...
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Gaverina Terme
The Parish Church of Saint Victor Martyr
Leading figure absolute of the parish church of Gaverina is the great Bergamasque portraitist Moroni,...
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Endine Gaiano
The Parish Church of San Michele
From the courtyard of this church at Endine Gaiano, one can watch the lake changing...
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Endine Gaiano
The Church of San Remigio
Not far from the centre of Endine Gaiano there is the 15th century church of...
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Cenate Sotto
The Church of Saint Martin
The most famous of the ‘family jewels’ of this parish church bears the signature of...
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Cenate Sopra
The Church of Santa Maria Assunta at Misma
The only way to get to this little church is on foot. You just need...
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Casazza
The Parish Church of San Lorenzo and its Ancillary Sanctuary
San Lorenzo was the parish church that once upon a time served all three of...
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Borgo di Terzo
The Church and Convent of San Michele and its Cloister
At the top of the hill, there is an ancient convent that dominates the Val...
Itinerari e percorsi
Bianzano
The Sanctuary of Santa Maria Assunta
Vast, disconcerting and not in the least reassuring: this statue is most unlike what one...
Itinerari e percorsi
Bianzano
The Parish Church of San Rocco
The origins of this church are preserved in the Latin epigraph announcing its date of...
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Berzo San Fermo
The Parish Church of Saints Fermo and Rustico
Rustico was Fermo’s squire and the two of them, assisted by a bear and an...
