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THE PARISH CHURCH OF PISOGNO


The small hamlet of Pisogno has its pearl, besides Piazza San Carlo – recently embellished by the new floor and with at the centre the statue of the saint- the parish church dedicated to San Gottardo.

Built in baroque style in ‘500, it was at the time a simple chapel that was completely transformed the following century in accordance with the design of Architect Andrea Biffi. The great prestige of the fresco on the wall of the chorus, representing a « gallery of Saints », is due to Fermo Stella da Caravaggio.

The fascinating little church of the Crucifix at the « castello » can be reached through a stairway along a Via Crucis of ‘700.

The little church overlooks Pisogno and with the jubilee year it resumed an old tradition : every 25 years, the day before the feast of the Crux Exaltation (in September), the parish members bring the statue of the Crucifix in a procession to the parish church of San Gottardo, then they take it solemnly to the Castle the day after.

In the past the traditional transfer occurred every 50 years.

Every 5 years, instead, the same procedure occurs for the statue of Madonna Addolorata, whose feast is on the day after the one of the Crux Exaltation.