Chiesa parrocchiale di Sant'Abbondio (Bonzanigo)

The Parish Church of Sant'Abbondio in Bonzanigo was completed in 1724 beside an earlier Romanesque church and preserves frescoes by Giulio Quaglio the Younger.

Why it matters

The church is a major eighteenth-century religious building in Tremezzina, combining European Rococo influences with a long local history. The former Romanesque church survives as part of the adjoining rectory.

What to notice

The concave facade is divided by two orders of Doric pilasters and topped by a triangular pediment. Inside, a single nave with side chapels leads to a deep presbytery. The vault bears Quaglio's 1716 fresco Gloria della Vergine, with Evangelists in the pendentives.

Context and history

A Romanesque church dedicated to Sant'Abbondio stood at the site by the twelfth century. The larger present church was built alongside it between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and completed in 1724. The earlier building was adapted as the parish rectory; Giovanni Mauro della Rovere is associated with its decoration, while Quaglio painted the new church.