Chiesa dell'Addolorata

The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows stands at Campelli in the mountain landscape above Abbadia Lariana. Documented from 1575, the chapel is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of the Seven Sorrows.

Why it matters

The church preserves a local tradition of Marian devotion away from the lakeside parish centre. Its ex-voto paintings record personal acts of thanksgiving, giving a human scale to the history of the chapel.

What to notice

A portico precedes the single nave. The altarpiece of Our Lady of Sorrows was remade by Oreste Airoldi at the end of the nineteenth century after the earlier painting was destroyed. Small votive pictures form another distinctive part of the interior.

Context and history

An enlargement in 1913–1914 added the presbytery and two sacristy rooms and raised the building. In 1982, the municipality replaced the sheet-metal roof with Valmalenco slate. These later interventions show how the small mountain church was adapted and maintained over time.