San Tecla Torno Like
Within, the so-called “Man of Sorrows", and a contemporary Lamentation in sculpted wood; in the upper part there is the fourteenth-century Church of San John, with a beautiful Romanesque bell tower and a renaissance door in marble with statues and reliefs.
The origin of the structure is unknown. It is believed that the first building was built in the Middle Ages and in the Romanesque style, as can be witnessed from the bell tower, which was modified over the centuries, undergoing renovations and expansions.
In addition, the church housed for several centuries the first known work of the painter Andrea De Passeris Torno: the Assumption of the Virgin, dated 1488, now preserved in the deposits of the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.
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Lake Como's rich history of church building goes back many centuries. Their storied past includes miracles, political intrigue and competition for parishioner loyalty.