You could start your tour of the place from the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Bosco, the object of several pilgrimages by Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (the future Pope John XXIII). A bronze statue portraying Pope Roncalli is at the top of the Scala Santa (if you want to walk it all, be prepared to climb 349 steps).
Built around the mid-17th century, it is flanked by a bell tower dating back to the 19th century, which has a gilded bronze statue of the Madonna at the top. The Sanctuary also houses the room of Blessed Cardinal Ildefonso Schuster.
To reach the Sanctuary following the entire staircase, you have to go via Lecco, in front of number 6: here you will also find a car park to leave your car. If, however, you want to arrive directly by car, you have to go to via Madonna del Bosco, you can take via dei Caduti, the road that takes you to piazza San Marcellino 1: here stands the Church of Saints Marcellino e Pietro. Of seventeenth-century origin, it was redesigned in neoclassical style by Luigi Canonica (the “father” of the Foro Buonaparte and the Arena of Milan), just twenty-five years old at the time: the building is characterized by a single nave structure with two chapels on the sides.
In front of you, you see the so-called Tombone, a chapel that preserves the bones of the victims of the plague: leave it on the left and take it via Lamperti until you reach the Edicule of San Marcellino, dating back to the 17th century. The saint is depicted with the palm of martyrdom on one side and the open sacred book on the other.
On the right, a path leads you to Town Lamperti (or Town Bellavista). Distinguished by a Ghibelline battlement, it was built in the fourteenth century: thanks to its strategic location, it allowed control of the territory beyond the Adda river and the Meratese area. The noble stone coat of arms and the mullioned windows, which refine its massive shape, deserve to be noted.
If from Tombone, instead of taking via Lamperti, you go down via San Marcellino, you can take via Brianza, and from here, continue via Copernico: thus, you will have the opportunity to discover Villa Orsini Colonna, also known as Villa Mombello, located inside of a park of approximately 28 hectares where a herd of deer also lives. To reach it, walk along Via Copernico: the entrance is immediately before the sign indicating the Merate border, on the left.
The building, built in the 17th century with a horseshoe plan, also includes a chapel and a minor villa. A spectacular double-armed staircase leads to the garden labyrinth and the rose garden.
If you head to the area of the ancient village of Imbersago, you can observe the Church of Saint Paul in Piazza Garibaldi. This is the oldest religious building in the country, already mentioned in the thirteenth century, characterized by a single nave, it houses various seventeenth-century paintings.
The rest of Piazza Garibaldi is also a location to explore if you are curious about what to see in Imbersago. It houses a fountain, the War Memorial and a tower that was used as a lookout in the past. You might end up here on the day when the antique market stalls are on (every third Sunday of the month from March to November).
Overlooking the square is Villa Albini, a historic residence where Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini stayed overnight in 1848 while retreating from the Battle of Custoza: there is also a marble plaque commemorating the event.
From the square, you can take via Cantù: on your left, at number 21, you will find the entrance to Villa Castelbarco Pindemonte Rezzonico, whose original building dates back to the second half of the 17th century. The Corte Rustica is very suggestive,represented by what was once the entrance to the horse-drawn carriages, complete with a tavern, portico, and courtyard.
Finally, in the Garavesa district , you can observe the wash house of the same name, which the locals call “fountain”. Built in the 19th century, it was initially composed of six basins and surrounded by stone columns.
Choosing what to do in Imbersago to stay in contact with nature means getting on board Leonardo’s ferry on the Adda. It represents a faithful reproduction of the boat designed by the genius of Vinci, secured to a cable stretched between the two banks, allowing you to cross the river and arrive, on the opposite bank, at Villa d’Adda. On the ferry you can bring your bike and your motorbike or car. However, if you want to  leave your vehicle parked in Via Donatori di Sangue, you will find several parking stalls.
Curiosity: Leonardo’s ferry of Imbersago also appeared in the cinema. It is present in Maurizio Nichetti’s film Thieves of Soap Bars.
Furthermore, to organize a walk in Lombardy near Imbersago, you can use Itinerary 3 of the Adda Nord Park, which starts right from the ferry departure point. Following the uphill road, at the crossroads with the provincial highway to Merate the itinerary takes you to turn right, and then continue right again to arrive at the hamlet of Arlate di Calco, where there is the Romanesque church of Saints  Gotthard and Colomban.
The path that starts from the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Bosco is one of the best places to find chestnuts in Brianza.
From here, you can also reach one of the places to climb in Brianza: the Madonna del Trad crag. To get there, walk along the cobbled steps of the Via Crucis behind the Sanctuary, and immediately after the first chapel, take the path to the left. Within a few minutes, you will have reached the base of the upper sector of the crag.
The climb takes place on a solid and well-cracked sandstone wall.
The last answer to the question “What to see in Imbersago?” is offered by the Praela Lake , via Galileo: a small artificial basin representing a precious nature reserve.

You could start via Donna Ida Fumagalli 23 to observe Palazzo Bassi Brugnatelli, built-in 1630 on a pre-existing fifteenth-century residence. Behind it extends a large, centuries-old park with a romantic garden and an Italian rose garden. The residence also includes a private chapel dedicated to Santa Teresa D’Avila.

Leaving the building on your right, you can follow Via Donna Ida Fumagalli to the end and then turn right onto Via Indipendenza to reach the intersection with Via Giovanni Pizzagalli: a few steps away, you will find the Church of Saint Alexander, which already existed in the late thirteenth century and then expanded in the sixteenth century.

Moving to via Aldo Moro, however, at the intersection with via Villa you will come across the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pianto (or Oratory of the Beata Vergine del Pianto), built between 1670 and 1671.

In the Sernovella area, along via Milano, next to the level crossing stands the Oratory of Saint Enry, built in the first half of the last century to allow those who lived in the countryside of the town (but also of Verderio and Paderno d’Adda) to participate in religious services.

Very suggestive, next to number 7 via Santa Maria Assunta, is the sixteenth-century Cascina Ganzana, also known as Castle Ganzana. It has the appearance of a fortress house.

Walking along the Adda, you can admire the Robbiate Dam, built in the 1910s, a few hundred meters from the Paderno Bridge. To go along the river, you must take via Alzaia Naviglio in Paderno d’Adda and then continue (you can leave your car in the car parks via Edison in Paderno).

You can also walk along the paths of Monte Robbio, the highest point of Leonardo’s entire Adda Ecomuseum. You can leave your car directly in via Monte Robbio and then walk along the road that takes you to the steps at the bend before number 19.

Another possible excursion in the woods of Brianza that you can treat yourself to in Robbiate is Mount Montagnone, which you can access via Davanti al Montagnone. A short distance away is the suggestive center of Cascina Duraga.

If you ask yourself what to see in Paderno d’Adda, you can find an answer in the Bridge Saint Michael, an iron arch bridge crossed by cars and trains. The bridge connects the town with Calusco d’Adda, on the Bergamo side of the river, and is considered one of the most important symbols of industrial archeology in Italy: a short time ago, a request was made by the institutions to include it in the list of protected sites by Unesco as a world heritage site.

The Paderno bridge appears, among other things, in one of the numerous films shot in Brianza, “The Policewoman“, a comedy by Steno starring Mariangela Melato and Renato Pozzetto.

The bridge consists of a single span of iron beams and is 266 meters long. The upper level houses the driveway, while the lower level accommodates the trains, which here must travel at a speed limited to 30 kilometers per hour. If you want to go along it you have to go to Via Edison; to admire it from below, however, I recommend you take via Alzaia Naviglio and walk along the Adda.

Right at the crossroads between via Edison and via Alzaia Naviglio you will find the Church of Saint Elizabeth or della Visitazione, dating back to the eighteenth century, also known as the “Chiesetta degli Alpini”: it is thought that in the past it was a cemetery for those who died of the plague (and this explains its location in an area decentralized from the town centre).

Behind the church there is the Bell Tower of the Alpinioof Paderno d’Adda, a very particular structure with red pylons and seven bells of different sizes. At the base, you can see an artillery wreck donated by former US President Lyndon Johnson.

Going back along Via Edison, you can turn right into Via Pozzoni to reach, in Piazza della Chiesa, the Church of Santa Maria Assunta: also known as Santa Maria Rossa, it houses a chapel dedicated to San Giuseppe. Its facade it was designed by Carlo Amati, former designer of the Durini Castle park in Alzate Brianza.

Leaving the church on your left, you can take via Pozzoni to enter the historic center of the town: in via Manzoni, you will find Villa Brugnatelli on the left, at no. 19, and on the right the Curt of Tacon, at number 34.

Going straight, at the crossroads between via Manzoni and via Roma, you will come across the Church of Saint Marta, with its statue of St. Peter on the top of the bell tower.

Right in front of the church is Via Cascina Maria: following it to the end, you can admire the beautiful Cascina Maria, dating back to the last years of the 19th century, which today houses the Pro Loco.

Returning towards the Church of Santa Marta, walk along a short stretch of via Roma and then turn right onto via XXV Aprile: here at number 14 stands Villa Gnecchi Ruscone, which belonged to the family who built Cascina Maria itself.

Among the other answers to the question “What to see in Paderno d’Adda?” many refer to rural archeology in Lombardy: Cascina Chioso, Cascina Lazzarona, Cascina Assunta.

To stay in contact with nature, treat yourself to a trip on the Adda River, perhaps from inside the Paderno canal, where the Church of Santa Maria Addolorata is located.

The building, also known as the Oratory of Saint Ambrose, once also housed the Pietà with Saints Ambrose and Jerome, a late sixteenth-century wooden work by Giovanni Armando Della Torre which, after being restored, was transferred to the Church of Santa Maria Assunta.

Next to the Church of Santa Maria Addolorata, however, there is the House of the Guardian of the Dam.

Don’t forget to observe the Three Horns of the Adda, erratic boulders that are believed to have inspired the backdrop of Leonardo’s painting of the Virgin of the Rocks. In this stretch, called Forra d’Adda, you can notice an authentic canyon carved into the rock. Precisely because of him, it was decided to build the Paderno Canal.

A little further on, you can visit the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Rocchetta, located between

the Paderno Canal and the Adda. Built on top of a Roman castrum, it is situated in a panoramic position on a rocky spur and dates back to the second half of the fourteenth century.

The latter was completed in the 1870s and made navigation between Lake Como and Milan possible, connecting with the Martesana canal.

Six water castles were developed along the canal: the Conchetta and the Conca Grande fall within the Paderno area, thanks to which boats could get around the most challenging stretch of the river before Porto d’Adda.

Beyond the bridge, you can see the Adda rapids: the river drops almost 30 meters in less than 2 kilometers. Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus sheets contain numerous drawings that reproduce these rapids.

You should start via Garibaldi: between 7 and 9 is the eighteenth-century Villa Monzini, with a stone staircase and Art Nouveau gate.

Leaving the villa on your right, walk to the end of Via Garibaldi: entering the pedestrian area at the crossroads with Via II Giugno, you will find the parish church of Porto D’Adda.

I’m talking about the Church of Saint Joseph in Piazza Don Ambrosiani, built in the 1930s. The interior is frescoed by the painter Vanni Rossi during the Second World War, with episodes taken from the Old and New Testaments. In the Last Judgment scene, among the damned, you can recognize the faces of Hitler and Mussolini.

Via Mazzini begins before the church: follow it until the sharp bend on the right. After the bend, the first charming building on the left is called Villa Pia, and was built in the first half of the 20th century.

Continuing along via Mazzini, you can take via Monsignor Caccia Dominioni: go to the end and then turn left via Volta, which is the road that takes you to the Church of Saint George Martyr in Piazza XI Martiri. This is the town parish church: inside, you can admire a Coronation of the Virgin by Federico Barocci and a Visitation by Camillo Procaccini. Furthermore, the tomb of Bishop Caccia Dominioni is housed here.

From the square, you can take via San Pietro, where at number 11 you have the opportunity to admire Villa Biffi Sormani, designed by the architect Carlo Amati, author of the facade of the Milan Cathedral and the Villa Vittadini La Cazzola in Arcore.

A little further on, at the crossroads between via San Pietro and via Dante, here is the Curt de Sanat, a building with a closed courtyard: if you have the opportunity to access it, you will be able to notice the large entrance, the well in the center of the courtyard and the segmental arches which connect the vertical elements.

At this point, go back along via San Pietro to arrive in front of the church, where via Matteotti begins: follow it to reach number 62, where the Villa Frova Barbieri complex stands, which includes the Church of San Gaetano da Thiene. The building is surrounded on three sides by a nineteenth-century fenced park with a romantic setting.

A few meters further on, at the crossroads between via Matteotti and via F.lli Cervi, let yourself be amazed by the splendid Farmstead Saint Joseph, with its ogival-shaped windows; in the center of the courtyard there is a votive shrine depicting the saint.

Returning once again in front of the Church of Saint Jeorge Martyr, you can take via Donato Dossi: here at number 5, you will come across the eighteenth-century Villa Comi, another of the buildings that deserve to be marked in your diary under the heading “what to see in Cornate d’Adda.” You will be amazed by the large baroque entrance arch, which gives access to a noble court with a portico.

At this point, you could head towards Villa Paradiso, located at number 18 of via Villa Paradiso: it was built at the end of the seventeenth century by the Jesuits and houses a small church dedicated to Sant’Ignazio. Bishop Carlo Caccia Dominioni died here, driven out of Milan by the local clergy and the people and forced into exile after being accused of subversion and treason.

At the end of the 1990s, an archaeological excavation campaign was carried out in the Villa Paradiso area, which led to the discovery of the remains of a Roman villa and Lombard tombs from the 7th century: a true necropolis.

Leaving the villa on your left, you can follow the road and find, on the first street on the left, the entrance to the Villa Paradiso Golf Club, one of the most elegant locations in which to play golf in Brianza: it is via Villa Paradiso 12. If you are a novice player, the 9-hole par 3 Executive course is also helpful for those who want to practice their short game.

By the way, if you are interested in discovering other golf courses in Brianza, you can look at the post below.

If you go beyond the Villa Paradiso Golf Club entrance, however, you can turn right via Guido Rossa; after a few tens of meters, the first dirt road on the left leads you to Farmstead of Priests. Some Serbian prisoners found refuge here during the Second World War; the Nazi-fascist soldiers, however, discovered them, killing one of them and also massacring a tenant of the farmhouse, Luigi Porta, after whom a street in the city center is named.

Continuing along via Guido Rossa, you arrive at a roundabout. If you turn right, you find yourself in via Dante Alighieri, where at number 30, Cascina Fugazza (which today houses a day center for disabled people) and the surrounding park are worth a stop.

Returning to the intersection between via Dante and via Guido Rossa, you can continue along via Manzoni and proceed to number 32, next to which stands the Church of the Beata Vergine Addolorata, dating back to 1850.

Continue walking along Via Manzoni: at number 2, one of the oldest patrician residences in the area is worth admiring, Villa Sandroni, dating back to around the mid-17th century, which today houses the premises of the municipal library.

From here, you can observe the rear part of the sixteenth-century Church of Saint Alexander: go around the building to admire its facade, which overlooks Piazza Sant’Alessandro.

Leaving the facade of the church on your right, you need to walk a few meters to cross via Carotte on the left: take it if you want to closely observe the Torre di Ca’ Rotte (in front of number 8), one of the two sixteenth-century towers of Colnago (The other is located via Castello in front of number 8). Made of river pebbles with terracotta brick edges, they were part of a system of fortifications of which no other traces remain today.

Just walk along the riverside to encounter some of the most fascinating views in all of Brianza. For example, the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Rocchetta is an Augustinian sanctuary that you can access by climbing a staircase located between the Conca Grande and the Conca delle Fontane. The building dates back to 1386 and is one of the stops on the Camino di Sant’Agostino. The church is located in the territory of Paderno d’Adda, on the border with Cornate, but is part of the parish of Port of Adda.

Along the river, you can also admire the navigation locks separated by the locks built for the Naviglio di Paderno: these are jumps that allow the artificial canal to overcome the natural difference in height (of more than 30 meters) and go beyond the Adda rapids.

The first of the jumps is called Conchetta (still in the Paderno area); there are the Conca Vecchia and the Conca delle Fontane. This was built to overcome the stretch of the Adda between Paderno and Porto d’Adda and includes natural springs that flow from the ground. Near the Conca delle Fontane, you will find the Stallazzo, a resting point once used as a horse shelter.

Then, it is the turn of the Conca Grande, also known as Conca Madre or Castello delle Acque: it is called this because it constitutes the highest drop in the entire canal. Here, there is the Conca Madre museum building, where you can find information panels relating to the canal’s history. You are followed by Conca di Mezzo and the old Conca in Adda, before Conca Edison and the new Conca in Adda.

Continuing the journey along the Adda towpath, you will find the Angelo Bertini hydroelectric power plant. A splendid example of industrial archeology in Lombardy, it began producing electricity in 1898 and is still active today: for this reason, it is one of the oldest functioning power plants in all of Europe.

The Conca Edison and the new Conca in Adda were built precisely on the occasion of its construction to allow the water coming out of the turbines to be conveyed into the river.

When it was built, the Bertini power plant was the most powerful on the continent, surpassed in the rest of the world only by the Niagara power plant. Next to it is an Edison museum, which you can visit to learn about the company’s history.

After about 500 meters, you will come across the Carlo Esterle hydroelectric power plant. Built to expand the power guaranteed by the Bertini power station, compared to which it was (and is) several times more powerful; it has the appearance of a delightful Lombard villa, with capitals and columns at the entrance and Gothic stained glass windows.

The power station, among other things, was the location of the film “The Policewoman” starring Renato Pozzetto and Mariangela Melato (awarded the David di Donatello for her performance). However, this comedy has transformed the power station into a… biscuit factory.

To visit the various stages of Leonardo da Vinci’s Adda Ecomuseum, you can leave your car in via XXV Aprile.

If you spend a few hours in Trezzo d’Adda, we will suggest what to see. Few towns like this will be able to offer you an exciting excursion immersed in nature in a short time.

Start with a quiet breakfast at the “Al Lavatoio” bar on the river bank. From the windows of this restaurant, which mixes an ancient style with modern attention to detail, you can eat while admiring the courtyard overlooking the waters populated by swans and ducklings.

The gaze cannot avoid the majestic Taccani hydroelectric power plant, now the location of prestigious exhibitions and events. From there, you can set off for a walk along the banks and reach the fishing area.

Alternatively, get on a boat that will take you to discover the waterway along an itinerary of about an hour. If you have never admired the pre-Alpine lake landscape of Lombardy, you will be amazed.

From the hill, you can reach one of the most important castles in the province, the Visconti Castle, where the remains of the walls and the tower remain. The fortress was demolished several times during past wars but, fortunately, was always rebuilt.

The more sporty can rent a bicycle and, entering the cycle paths, pass by the Rocchetta and Leonardo’s Leonardo’s ferry, the Leonardesque locks, and the Paderno Bridge.

The Foppe di Trezzo has been declared a protected oasis by the WWF thanks to the biodiversity preserved.

The extraordinary wealth of historical and artistic testimonies of Vaprio d’Adda is incredible. A place chosen by the nobility since ancient times, lapped by the waters of the Adda River and the Martesana canal, a destination for illustrious artists who in all eras were attracted by the beauty of the landscape, Vaprio d’Adda is waiting to be discovered.

The Parish Church of San Nicolò. Of neoclassical style, built in 1816-17 on a project attributed to the architect Luigi Cagnola and dedicated to S. Nicolò, the parish church is located in the town center of Vaprio in a square explicitly designed to accommodate it. Its façade, with the large pediment, resembles a Greek temple, with six columns and Ionic capitals; the single nave interior shows late nineteenth-century frescoes. The large Bernasconi Organ with 3600 pipes, wholly restored, is also very important.

Church of Saint Anthony. Dating back to the 17th century, it became an integral part of the Villa complex belonging to the Paleni Falcò family. The various restorations undergone by the church over time have not altered the interior, which retains a baroque style and a funerary crypt of the noble family of Spanish origin. Until 1817, it was the parish seat of the town.

The former Church of San Bernardino (remains). The complex called “ex Church of San Bernardino” comprises the remains of two places of worship; today, only some perimeter walls remain visible. The remains, which came to light in September 1985, have been attributed by archaeologists to three different periods: the Roman or late ancient period, the early medieval or Romanesque period, and the late medieval period. Further excavations have brought to light new structures; they are considered tombs belonging to the religious building of S. Bernardino.

Vaprio d’Adda soon became a holiday destination chosen by noble families who decided to build their suburban villas here, fascinated by the spectacular panorama of the Adda River and the Martesana Canal. Numerous delightful villas arose, which we can still admire today along the coast, such as Villa Melzi, Villa Visconti di Modrone, Villa Monti Robecchi, Villa Pizzi Guidoboni, Villa Pizzagalli Alessandrini (which hosted Anna Magnani), Villa Sioli Guidoboni, Villa Paleni Falcò, the Palazzo Simonetta Archinto, now the Town Hall, and Villa Castelbarco. The villas enrich the historic center with the numerous courts and the “Casa del Custode delle Acque” (House of the Custodian of the Waters ) with cultural and artistic testimonies. Following the course of the canal along the Via Alzaia, another testimony to the past captures our gaze: the ancient washhouse. Recently restored and in use until the mid-twentieth century, it was the place where homemakers gathered to do their laundry.

Despite being a Tuscan artist, Leonardo da Vinci lived for more than twenty years in Lombardy was a guest of Ludovico il Moro between 1482 and 1499; in those years, Leonardo spent several periods in Vaprio d’Adda in the villa of the palatine duke Gerolamo Melzi. Here he had the opportunity to meet the young Francesco, who became his pupil and trusted friend.

Vaprio d’Adda Leonardo conducted studies on the motion of water and nature, observing and portraying the Adda and the Martesana canal several times. One of these drawings, now preserved in the Royal Library of Windsor, depicts the ferry in the river port between Canonica and Vaprio (Porto della Canonica di Vaprio, c.1511-13, RL12400). Leonardo da Vinci left a further trace of his passage in Villa Melzi: the fresco of the Virgin and Child is preserved here, probably the result of a collaboration between Leonardo and one of his students.

Villa Castelbarco is a splendid villa of delight near the Naviglio Martesana, surrounded by Seventy-five hectares of parkland, where it is still possible to see deer and fallow deer in the wild.

It seems to have been an ancient monastery: the various buildings are arranged around the double central courtyard adjacent to the eighteenth-century Gentile Chapel. The villa acquired notoriety and prestige, so much so that in 1736, the park was declared a hunting reserve by order of Maria Theresa of Austria and a holiday destination for Duke Francis II, governor of Lombardy. In 1804, a general renovation enlarged the building by creating the lemon house, greenhouses, and two Empire-style buildings used as a museum and theater on the esplanade next to the terrace. The park of over 1200 perches was also renovated, with wide avenues lined with statues, artificial lakes, and small temples in the romantic taste of the time.

Without a doubt, what most fascinates and amazes about the villa are its splendid basements, built between 1835 and 1837: they are made up of five themed rooms: the Roman room, the sea room, the Renaissance or Raphaelesque room, the Egyptian room, and the Etruscan hall, an oratory, and the underground caves.

The property is owned by a private company called “Centro Arte e Cultura del Barco.”

The history of the House of the Custodian of the Waters is closely linked to that of the Martesana Canal, which became a control point to facilitate navigation and the traffic of goods. The first historical information on the House dates back to 1582, attesting to its construction during Spanish domination in the Duchy of Milan. In 1690, the Dutch artist Gaspar van Wittel stopped in Vaprio d’Adda and portrayed the splendid panorama  of the Adda river and the canal from the House of the Custodian of the Waters. From this first drawing, the artist will paint, starting from 1717, the seven views of Vaprio d’Adda. In 1744 it was Bernardo Bellotto who, still looking out from the House, created four panoramic views. Formerly known as the House of the Royal Chamber of Vaprio, the House of the Custodian of the Waters is now home to the “Leonardo in Adda” Interactive Gallery and hosts numerous cultural events. Inside the Custodian’s House, the Est Milanese Archaeological Group has set up a permanent exhibition dedicated to the finds from the former church of San Bernardino and other archaeological finds.

Since the 18th century, Vaprio d’Adda became a notable industrial center in whose territory several factories and factories were established, such as the Visconti di Modrone Velvis cotton mill – still in operation today and with a characteristic medieval appearance – and the Sottrici-Binda paper mill. Both located near waterways are two magnificent examples of industrial archaeology today.

The Church of Saint Columban dates back to the early 12th century. It was built on an older temple, which tradition claims was founded by Saint Columban during his stay in Lombardy around 612. According to a reliable documentary reconstruction, it is presumed to have been part of the pertinence of the Abbey of Bobbio. Don’t be fooled by the bare, gray façade; it is a medieval monument of absolute interest, both from an architectural and decorative point of view. Facing the apse to the east and located on the outskirts of the town, on the high bank of the Adda, the church appears almost entirely covered in blocks of logs, the local stone, which give it a solid and austere appearance. The interior, with a single hall, is simple and majestic at the same time.

A sizeable transverse arch characterizes the spatial balance of the nave, dividing it into two separate parts. Exciting is the apse area, preceded by three arches: the central one opens onto the presbytery, covered with a barrel vault, while the two lateral ones, narrower and lower, overlook quadrangular chapels with cross vaults. Above all, the sculptural decorative apparatus arouses our admiration, even if its interpretation, both overall and of the individual elements, is far from easy. We find a fresco depicting San Colombano (believed to be the most realistic image in Italy). An impressive restoration, which began in October 2017, involved both the exterior, with cleaning and consolidation of the walls and roof, and the interior, where the works concentrated on the presbytery regarding the stone decorations and frescoes. It ended in 2019 with the solemn reopening on 6 October in the presence of the Archbishop of Milan Mons. Mario Delpini.