Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: S. Vincenzo

It is believed, that this place was a "sacred ground" already in pagan times. The neighbouring Santa Maria del Tiglio was erected within the 11th or 12th century on foundations of a baptistery, that may date back to the 5th or 6th century. S. Vincenzo, the parish church, is a Romanesque structure with a baroque interior. It was as well built on already existing foundations. The large crypt under the choir of S. Vincenzo is pretty unmodified and dates back to the 11th/12th century. The apse, that once existed, got bricked up, but there was a little opening (and a light switch), so I could enter the apse and find that there had been frescoes as well. There was even another opening to a kind of tunnel, but there was an alarm system..

It is believed, that this place was a "sacred ground" already in pagan times. The neighbouring Santa Maria del Tiglio was erected within the 11th or 12th century on foundations of a baptistery, that may date back to the 5th or 6th century. S. Vincenzo, the parish church, is a Romanesque structure with a baroque interior. It was as well built on already existing foundations. The large crypt under the choir of S. Vincenzo is pretty unmodified and dates back to the 11th/12th century. The apse, that once existed, got bricked up.

It is believed, that this place was a "sacred ground" already in pagan times. The neighbouring Santa Maria del Tiglio was erected within the 11th or 12th century on foundations of a baptistery, that may date back to the 5th or 6th century. S. Vincenzo, the parish church, is a Romanesque structure with a baroque interior. It was as well built on already existing foundations. The large crypt under the choir of S. Vincenzo is pretty unmodified and dates back to the 11th/12th century.

Seen from the eastern side of the Lake Como are the churches S. Vincenzo and S. Maria del Tiglio in Gravedonna. These two neighbouring buildings probably mark a place that was known as "sacred ground" already on pre-Christian times. Excavations proved, that a baptistery existed, where Maria del Tiglio is now already within the 5th or 6th century.