Lying on a spur of rock overlooking the Antica Vetreria locality and at the entrance to the Val di Genova, is the Church of Santo Stefano di Carisolo.
The origins of the Church are lost in the past It is plausible that there was, in Roman times, a fortress or ancient castle on whose ruins would have risen the chapel dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo, mentioned in a parchment dating back to 1244 , only in 1368 was it dedicated to Santo Stefano.
The Church clearly reveals the succession of interventions with the orientation to the East in about 1450 and the expansion to the West after 1500.
The added value came when, in the mid-1400s, the itinerant Baschenis painters arrived from Bergamo and over the course of 80 years frescoed all the walls.
On the external façade we find, with the signature of Simona II Baschenis 12 July 1519, the life of Saint Stephen, the Macabre Dance and a great Saint Christopher.
Inside are the oldest frescoes of 1461 with a Crucifixion, the Last Supper and the Theory of Saints, last in order of time of 1534,by Simon, the imposing representation of the Legend of Charlemagne.
The Church tells about the faith and local culture, to deepen and better understand the history and meaning of the frescoes, you can download the QR of the audio guide.
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The evocative location is the Baschenis frescoes.
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