Chiesa di San Floriano

San Floriano is the parish church of Chiesa, one of Lavarone's hamlets on the Alpe Cimbra plateau. Its neoclassical façade and onion-domed bell tower preserve successive stages of a much older religious site.

Why it matters

The church is documented in 1278, when it depended on the pieve of Calceranica. Its history connects the plateau's medieval communities with later parish life. The original church survives within the enlarged building as the chapel of the Madonna.

What to notice

Four pilasters and a triangular pediment shape the façade. The interior has a single nave and side chapels, with wall paintings by Sebastian Anton Fasal from 1930–31. The earlier chapel retains evidence of the building's changing orientation and plan.

Context and history

The church was enlarged in 1520 and again in 1837, when Antonio Conci extended it and altered its orientation. The bell tower was raised during the same campaign. Consecration followed in 1840. The building suffered damage during the First World War, and subsequent repairs and restoration added further layers to its history.