Santuario della Santissima Trinita di Casnigo, Casnigo

A pearl of beauty little known but worth visiting. The frescoes inside the church are perfectly preserved and have never needed restoration due to the perfect microclimate that has preserved them until today. We were accompanied by a kind and exhaustive guide (volunteer) who allowed us to appreciate the history of the sanctuary and of the town of Casnigo. Adjacent to the church is a small refreshment bar and some bathrooms. There are picnic tables outside. Square for parking.

A small shrine with politician and frescoes. Very beautiful. The quiet area with a lawn, some games for children and the possibility of taking a walk up to the sanctuary located higher up than the Madonna d'Erbia.

The sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità di Casnigo is located in an elevated position (700 m a.s.l.), near Ronco Trinità, a locality of Casnigo, on a hill on the slopes of Mount Farno. The place appears to have been inhabited since very remote times, as evidenced by the discovery of prehistoric remains. In the Middle Ages there was a watchtower that allowed control of a large portion of the middle Seriana Valley. The church was built in several stages; at least three are hypothesized: a first ancient construction - perhaps simply a chapel - then incorporated in the small porch in front of the main entrance to the church, of unknown date; a fifteenth-century hall that goes from the entrance to just under half of the entire current complex, and which contains a series of frescoes; and the largest sixteenth-century hall, built after 1575 and before 1596, which presents, among other things, the large fresco of the Last Judgment, painted above a wall tympanum that divides the hall from the apse, where the main altar is located . The sixteenth-century hall is also considerably higher than the rest of the building. Between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 17th the sanctuary was enriched by the two main pictorial cycles that can be admired today: that of the Marinonis and that of the Baschenis. The church belonged to the Confraternity of the Holy Trinity, established in 1523 with a bull of Pope Paul III, which was based in the church of Santo Spirito in Saxia in Rome. In 1575 it received a visit from Carlo Borromeo, and at the time it boasted 500 brothers. They took part in the sacred functions by meeting in a sort of women's gallery located above the fifteenth-century hall, and overlooking the sixteenth-century one by means of an elegant arched loggia on columns. This small sanctuary, oasis of peace, is on the road that leads to the Sanctuary of the Madonna d' Erbia (difficult to find it open). 😀☀️✋🏞️ Thank God 🙏

Beautiful and full of frescoes, a mini Sistine chapel

Top place with view, parquet and a nice place to eat next door. Very recommended to get some fresh air in contact with nature