Chiesa dei Santi Nabore e Felice

The parish church of Saints Nabore and Felice stands on a small promontory in Griante, facing the central part of Lake Como and the Bellagio peninsula. Its architecture and furnishings preserve several periods of local devotion.

Why it matters

The church connects probable medieval origins with Griante’s later parish history. It became the village’s parish church in 1632, during the episcopate of Lazzaro Carafino, and underwent substantial alterations in the eighteenth century.

What to notice

A single nave is accompanied by side chapels and transepts. A surviving fourteenth-century Adoration of the Magi recalls the earlier church. The furnishings include an Assumption associated with Alessandro Maganza and paintings of the martyrdoms of Nabor and Felix by Michelangelo Bellotti.

Context and history

Eighteenth-century work enlarged the nave vault and choir and introduced a new stone portal. Twentieth-century decoration added painted medallions to the vault. These successive changes distinguish the church’s long architectural history from any single rebuilding campaign.