- Religious Tourism
The Little Church of Santa Rosa
A cobbled courtyard, the family coat of arms above the portal, a small bell gable: in the Santa Rosa quarter, the noble district of Sottochiesa, the little church of Saints Lucy and Rose of Lima tells the story of a family and a village.
The Salvioni chapel
It was built in 1680 as a private chapel by Davide Salvioni Biava, of a family of benefactors of the village. On the altar was placed an altarpiece with the two patron saints, traditionally attributed to the painter Carlo Ceresa and perhaps among his last works. Opposite the church the old residence of the owners still stands.
A walkway for seminarians
In its early years the church was used by the minor seminary of the Archdiocese of Milan that stood next to it. Tradition says that a wooden walkway connected the seminary directly to the church, so that the aspiring priests did not have to cross the village streets. In the 18th century the church was entrusted to a Milanese noblewoman who, once widowed, had to give it up because of the cost of its upkeep.
What to see
- The altarpiece of Saints Lucy and Rose attributed to Carlo Ceresa, in a stucco ancona.
- The carved and painted wooden tabernacle and the floral stuccoes of the triumphal arch.
- The altar table, rebuilt in 1998 with geometric motifs in faux polychrome marble.
Keep discovering the valley
A few steps away is the Fidelitas Taleggii Column, grand finale of the itinerary The villages of Sottochiesa and Pizzino. From the pedestrian street of Santa Rosa you climb towards Ca' Corviglio and San Rocco.
