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Santa Tecla, Torno

The parish church on Torno's harbour square, with its portal of 1480, frescoes by Bartolomeo de Benzi and a wooden Pietà and mourners.

Visit duration
15–30 min
Booking
Not required
Area
First Basin
Santa Tecla's pale facade with its rose window, portal and bell tower, among the coloured houses of the square, under a blue sky.Boban475 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Santa Tecla's pale facade with its rose window, portal and bell tower, among the coloured houses of the square, under a blue sky.

Boban475 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

Santa Tecla is Torno's parish church, on the small harbour square.

Its façade retains the portal dated 1480, a rose window and a niche with the saint's statue.

The interior has a single nave divided into four bays, with side chapels. The baptistery holds the Man of Sorrows, signed by Bartolomeo de Benzi in 1502. Another chapel preserves a wooden Pietà and mourners, probably from the early sixteenth century. The vault frescoes, including the Glory of Saint Thecla, were painted by Beghi in 1908.

  • The church you see arriving by boat, on the square beside the pier.
  • The wooden statues of the Deposition and the portal of 1480.

Highlights

  • The stone portal of 1480 on twisted columns
  • Bartolomeo de Benzi's Passion of 1502
  • The vault frescoed in 1908

Getting there

  • It stands on Piazza Casartelli, on the lake, a few steps from the Torno pier; from Como also on the C130 bus.
The church and bell tower behind the trees on the shore, seen from the lake, with the houses of Torno around.Ysogo · CC BY-SA 4.0

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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