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Santi Gordiano ed Epimaco, Blevio

Blevio's old parish church on the shore, with its tall bell tower, a pilastered front and a Prestinari organ of 1821.

Visit duration
10–20 min
Booking
Not required
Area
First Basin
The tall pale bell tower with its clock beside the church with its tiled roof, among the colourful houses of the shore and the wooded slope with its villas; below, a few people sitting on the lakeside wall.Ysogo · CC BY-SA 4.0
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The tall pale bell tower with its clock beside the church with its tiled roof, among the colourful houses of the shore and the wooded slope with its villas; below, a few people sitting on the lakeside wall.

Ysogo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

The church of Santi Gordiano ed Epimaco, also called Santi Epimaco e Gordiano, is an old place of worship on the Blevio shore.

The present building took shape between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, probably over an older church. The front is divided by four rows of pilasters and closed by a pediment; to the left of the doorway a plaque lists the village's benefactors, among them Sofia Vonwiller Mylius, the wife of one of the first owners of Villa Cademartori. Inside are a Prestinari organ of 1821 and statues of the two saints. It was Blevio's parish church until 1967, when the new church of San Francesco opened in the middle of the village and some works were moved there, among them a Deposition of the school of Morazzone. Beside the front rises the bell tower with its clock.

  • The historic church on the shore, a few steps from the pier.
  • The Prestinari organ of 1821 and the statues of the two saints.

Highlights

  • The tall bell tower with its clock
  • The pilastered front and its pediment
  • The benefactors' plaque by the doorway

Getting there

  • It is on Via IV Novembre, on the Blevio shore, a few steps from the boat pier; the C130 bus stops in the village.

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