The Church of the Assumption in Baselga di Bresimo, originally built in the early medieval period, was reconstructed in the 14th century at the behest of the brothers Nicolò and Arnoldo d’Altaguardia, and later underwent significant modifications by Paolo di Domenico from Como in the 15th century. The steeply sloping façade features a central entrance with a pointed-arch stone portal, flanked by two blind windows. Above the entrance, there is a wooden canopy, topped by a rose window with a stone sunburst pattern. The left side of the church has two trefoil-arched bifora windows—one near the nave and the other near the presbytery—as well as three buttresses along the exterior wall of the nave; the presbytery is set back from the nave. The right side has a similar structure but differs in having a small square window illuminating the choir loft, a rectangular sacristy, and the imposing bell tower positioned between the nave and the presbytery. The quadrangular bell tower features a round-arched single opening on each side of the belfry. The top platform is crowned by a pyramidal concrete spire with a square base, surmounted by a pyramidal structure with a sphere and an apical cross.
The interior, with a single nave, features a choir loft on the counter-façade, supported by two stone columns with chalice capitals via round arches. To the left of the entrance is a spiral staircase leading to the choir loft. The nave is divided into three bays, and the presbytery into two, by semi-columns attached to the side walls, which support the ribbed net vaults covering the spaces. On the right side wall of the third bay is the entrance to the sacristy. The pointed-arch chancel, supported by semi-attached pillars, leads to the raised presbytery, separated from the nave by balustrades and illuminated by two windows. It also provides access to the bell tower via a stone portal on the right side wall. A significant cycle of figurative frescoes adorns the interior side walls, with additional paintings on the choir loft parapet.
In its current form, dating back to the 16th century: a late Gothic chapel with Renaissance influences.
**Description:** Wooden statue of the Madonna, 16th century.
**Image:** Statue
**Original location of the Sanctuary:** Inside the church
**Type of ex-votos:** Painted votive tablets
**Current preservation:** Inside the church; the oldest ones have been stolen.
**Reference to publications or printed descriptions:** *Ex Voto*, p. 184.
**1324** (general mention)
The first written record of the sacred building dates back to 1324.
**1335** is the year of reconstruction.
From **1550**, it had its own parish priest.
It is possible that the patronage originally belonged to the lords of Altaguarda Castle; the baptismal font was granted at the request of the local community.
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