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Lanzo d'Intelvi

Santa Maria and Museum of Sacred Art, Scaria

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Visit duration
45 min – 1 h 15
Booking
In some periods only
Area
Val d'Intelvi
The nave with walls and vault covered in stucco and frescoes, down to the high altar at the end.Maurizio_Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The nave with walls and vault covered in stucco and frescoes, down to the high altar at the end.

Maurizio_Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

Santa Maria is the Rococo church in central Scaria, with frescoes by Carlo Innocenzo Carloni and stucco by his brother Diego.

Of late medieval origin, it was remodelled in the eighteenth century following a bequest from the artists' father. Diego worked here from 1711 and Carlo Innocenzo from 1724; breaks for other commissions stretched the work over decades. The date 1753 on the floor probably marks its completion. Works by other artists include Giovan Gaspare De Angelis's holy-water stoup with an angel, dated 1607. The 1781 pulpit is carved with a corn cob, the Carloni emblem. Beside it, the Museum of Sacred Art, founded in 1966 and renewed in 2015, holds works from the valley and the Paradisin of 1752, an elaborate display for the Forty Hours devotion.

  • The Rococo ensemble of frescoes and stucco by the Carloni brothers, alongside works by other Valle Intelvi artists.
  • The museum of the Valle Intelvi, a land of artists who worked all over Europe.

Highlights

  • Carlo Innocenzo Carloni's frescoes and Diego's stucco
  • The pulpit of 1781 with the Carloni corn cob
  • The Paradisin of 1752, in the museum

Getting there

  • It stands on Piazza Carloni at Scaria, a hamlet of Alta Valle Intelvi, high in the Valle d'Intelvi.
A black scagliola altar frontal with coloured flowers and scrolls and, at the centre, the pelican feeding its young; below, the marble floor with stars.Maurizio_Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Accessibility

  • The museum is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.

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Lanzo d'IntelviSanta Maria and Museum of Sacred Art, Scaria

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Sources and credits

Verified at source8 Oct 2026Diocesi di Como — Ufficio beni artisticiopens in a new tab

Sources and credits

Verified at source8 Oct 2026Diocesi di Como — Ufficio beni artisticiopens in a new tab