Chiesa parrocchiale di San Maurizio

The parish church of San Maurizio in Fagnan, above Fénis, is a substantial stone church with three aisles, a bell tower and a roof of stone slabs.

Why it matters

San Maurizio serves the parish community of Fénis and complements the area's better-known feudal architecture. Its scale and construction illustrate the role of the parish church in the valley's rural settlements.

What to notice

The stone bell tower rises beside the church and is crowned by a spire and iron cross. The façade has a rose window and a wooden door beneath a deep porch supported by masonry vaults and columns. The roof's flat stone slabs and the dome near the apse contribute to the building's distinctive profile.

Context and history

The BeWeB church heritage catalogue records a church of San Maurizio at Fénis in the twelfth century. A fifteenth-century rebuilding gave the building much of its prevailing form. The bell tower developed over a later period, between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. Saint Maurice is the patron saint of Fénis.