The parish church dedicated to San Lorenzo, in the Bognanco Valley, was consecrated in 1535 and remodelled in the Baroque period, taking on its current form around the middle of the 18th century. Externally, above the carved door, a large late 16th-century fresco depicting the patron saint is still visible. You can also admire the 16th-century bell tower overlooking the parish house of the village of San Lorenzo, while inside a single high decorated nave welcomes visitors.
The vault was frescoed in 1774 by Lorenzo Peracino, a Piedmontese artist who painted the two paintings in the centre, depicting La visita di San Lorenzo ai carcerati (The Visit of San Lorenzo to the Prisoners) and La distribuzione dei beni ai poveri (The Distribution of Goods to the Poor), alongside other works such as Il martirio del Santo (The Martyrdom of the Saint), Le quattro virtù cardinali (The Four Cardinal Virtues) and I quattro evangelisti (The Four Evangelists) in gilded stucco frames, all in explicit Baroque style. The marble altar from the end of the 18th century dominates the chancel, while along the walls of the nave are fourteen gilded bronze statues of the Via Crucis, created in 1964 by the sculptor Luigi Fornara.
The first chapel on the right is dedicated to the Holy Relics, deposited in Bognanco around the 12th century and preserved in a crystal urn in the middle of the elegant late Baroque altar.
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