Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta stands in the historic borgo of Santa Maria Rezzonico, now part of San Siro on Lake Como. Built between 1464 and 1474, it preserves a Renaissance portal carved in white Musso marble.

Why it matters

The church was built between 1464 and 1474 and is associated with the Dominican community that shaped the borgo in the fifteenth century. Its architecture is catalogued as Renaissance, and its marble portal connects the local building with the stoneworking tradition of the Como shore. The church remains a principal historic landmark of Santa Maria Rezzonico.

What to notice

The façade has a hut-shaped profile, corner pilasters and a frieze of interlaced hanging arches in brick. A relief of the Madonna and Child appears on the left pillar. The white Musso marble portal is carved with scenes of Christ at the column, Christ carrying the cross and the Annunciation; a lunette fresco of the Virgin survives in damaged condition. Inside, the church preserves the restrained character associated with its Dominican origins.

Context and history

Archival records place Santa Maria di Rezzonico as a chapel dependent on the pieve of Menaggio by the late thirteenth century and as a parish church in the seventeenth century. The regional heritage catalogue dates the present building to 1464–1474; accounts associate its construction with Dominican friars. The complex includes a former convent. In 2003 Santa Maria Rezzonico joined Sant’Abbondio in the municipality of San Siro and the parish became part of the Comunità pastorale San Siro.