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Torno

San Giovanni, Torno

Visit duration
20–40 min
Booking
Not required
Area
First Basin
San Giovanni's stone facade with its rose window, marble portal and bell tower.Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0
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San Giovanni's stone facade with its rose window, marble portal and bell tower.

Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

San Giovanni is a church of medieval origin in upper Torno, with a marble portal attributed to the Rodari workshop.

The building was renewed in the late fifteenth century, as the dates 1494 and 1496 record. Transverse arches divide the single nave into six bays. The portal depicts saints, prophets, the Baptism of Jesus and the Annunciation. Inside are the Conversion of Saint Paul by Malosso and the Apostles by Vincenzo Campi. Tradition links the arrival of the Holy Nail relic to the First Crusade.

  • A Renaissance marble portal crowded with figures, on a square above the village.
  • From the Torno pier it is a ten-minute walk up.

Highlights

  • The Rodari workshop's marble portal
  • The rose window and the Romanesque bell tower
  • The nave of transverse arches
  • The canvases by Malosso and Vincenzo Campi

Getting there

  • From the Torno pier, about ten minutes on foot uphill to the upper village.
The presbytery with the high altar, the stuccoes and the paintings of the vault.Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Practical information

Address

Piazza San Giovanni, 22020 Torno

Telephone

+39 031 419120

This is the number of the parish of Santa Tecla in Torno, which the church belongs to.

Facilities

Car park 36 m away · free

Distances from the point on the map.

Webcams

Updated 22 October 2026

On the map

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Sources and credits

Verified at source1 Oct 2026Diocesi di Como — annuario delle parrocchieopens in a new tab

Sources and credits

Verified at source1 Oct 2026Diocesi di Como — annuario delle parrocchieopens in a new tab