The most beautiful religious buildings Grands lacs italiens

The monastery of Saint-François was the main religious complex of medieval Bergamo. Built between the th and th centuries, two beautiful cloisters are still visible today: the first says delle ark, because it retains a dozen funeral monuments intended to accommodate tombs of the main families of the city; from the second "well", you have a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains. The ensemble today hosts the historic Museum of the city.

A church with two Gothic naves.

Mr. 3 Zara. The upper part of this church is the th century, while its lower part of the Renaissance. Its history is linked to that of Charles d'Amboise, the French governor of Milan. It was he who ordered the construction of a chapel in order to shelter a miraculous fountain, formed by the flow of the waters of a fontanile (see «Geography»). The chapel is covered with frescoes due to a student of Bramante and protected by a long portico.

In the 12 side chapels of this th century church, you can see beautiful frescoes from the beginning of the th century, including the Adoration of the Mages of G. Battista Secchi.

Founded well before 1099, the church of Cesana was reorganized in the th century (bell tower). Its portal is in Renaissance style and with Lombardy inspiration. Its caissons ceiling is the work of a th-century French carpenter, François Ruas. The church houses a very beautiful collection of carved wooden objects dating back to the th and th centuries.

Founded in 1505, it was the theatre of the struggles between Catholic communities in the valley and Protestant communities. There is a stone staircase. The entrance gate is marble and, on the south-east side, below the second window, was once a door, currently murée, that people called "the dead door".

Admire the magnificent panorama of Lake Maggiore. Three chapels were built there, including the church of the Holy Trinity, which dates back to the sixteenth century, and the chapel of the Garden of Gethsemane, restored to the th and in which statues represent Christ kneeling in the vicinity of an angel in the garden of Olive Trees.

One of the main Savour abbeys, the order of the. Rebuilt with the best artists in the region between 1450 and 1534. Elegant cloister and beautiful polychrome ceramic loft.