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Santa Maria Maddalena, Ossuccio

The Romanesque church of Ospedaletto's medieval hospice, on the Via Regina opposite Isola Comacina, its bell tower crowned by a late-Gothic belfry of stone and brick.

Visit duration
15–30 min
Booking
Not required
Area
Centro Lago
The bell tower of Santa Maria Maddalena among olive trees, with Isola Comacina, the lake and the mountains behind, in autumn.Emibuzz · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The bell tower of Santa Maria Maddalena among olive trees, with Isola Comacina, the lake and the mountains behind, in autumn.

Emibuzz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

Santa Maria Maddalena is a Romanesque church at Ossuccio, beside the old Via Regina.

It belonged to the Hospitalis of Stabio, which sheltered pilgrims and the poor.

Traditionally dated to the eleventh century, it is documented with the hospice in 1169. The single nave and apse retain Moltrasio stone walls, with small decorative arches beneath the roof. A late Gothic belfry was added to the Romanesque tower, probably in the fifteenth century. Frescoes from later periods survive inside. The former hospice complex houses the Antiquarium, with finds from excavations on Isola Comacina.

  • The bell tower with its late-Gothic belfry of stone and brick, above the shore opposite Isola Comacina.
  • Church, medieval hospice and Antiquarium in one complex, to see together with Isola Comacina.

Highlights

  • The blind tufa arches under the roof
  • The marble frieze with the hare and the wolves in the porch

Getting there

  • It is at Ospedaletto, part of Ossuccio, on Via Somalvico, along the old Via Regina below the SS340 road, in the same complex as the Isola Comacina Antiquarium.
  • The church of Santi Giacomo e Filippo at Spurano is a few minutes' walk away.
  • The main door is usually closed: the way in is the small door on the south side.
The interior: the apse with traces of frescoes above the narrow window, and the altar with its frontal inlaid with flowers and scrolls.Ysogo · CC BY-SA 4.0

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