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Anglican Church of the Ascension, Cadenabbia

The Gothic Revival church Cadenabbia's English community had built beside the pier, opened in 1891, where services are still held in English.

Today
Visit duration: 15–30 min
Booking: Not required
Area: Centro Lago
Best season: Spring · Summer

Dario Crespi · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dario Crespi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY 4.0

Why go

The Anglican Church of the Ascension is a Gothic Revival building on the Cadenabbia lakefront, opposite the pier.

Designed by Giuseppe Brentano for the English community, it was consecrated in 1891. Brentano died in 1889, before work began, and is buried in his family's chapel in Griante cemetery. The church has a single nave with wide transverse arches, a rose window on the façade and pinnacles above the piers. Inside are stained glass, gold mosaics and a two-manual organ built in 1939 by Balbiani Vegezzi Bossi of Milan. It belongs to the Church of England's Diocese in Europe and hosts services in English and concerts.

A nineteenth-century English church on the lakefront, beside the ferry pier.
The stained glass, gold mosaics and Balbiani Vegezzi Bossi organ of 1939.

Highlights

The large rose window on the front
The bell tower with its pointed roof

Getting there

It stands on the Cadenabbia lakefront, on the Regina road, a few steps from the boat and ferry pier.
Parking is next to the Cadenabbia ferry terminal and in Via Giuseppe Brentano.