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Rural settlements in Castione Andevenno

Cà Barboni - Vendolo

Rural settlements in Chiuro

Contrada Fancoli (Castionetto)

Rural settlements in Colorina

Romito

Rural settlements in Faedo

Gaggi - S.Carlo (Faedo Centro)

Grumello Castle

This is of the rare examples of a "twin" castels, build around 1300 by Corrado de Piro. The castle owes its name to the rocky hump (grumo) on which it is located.

Rural settlements in Montagna in Valtellina

San Giovanni - Santa Maria di Perlungo

Tower of Mancapane

Built halfway up the mountain, it dominates the valley and the city of Sondrio, it likely had defensive and signaling purposes.

Rural settlements in Piateda

Ambria

Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Built in a panoramic position among the vineyards, this Church is an example of the Marian devotion that was widespread in the Seventeenth century.

Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel

The tiny Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel was built as a plea for instilling devotion in those of little faith.  The church used to be very popular and looked after, but it later remained closed until the renovation works that restored its dignity. The facade, on the Northern side, had been blackened by the smoke of the itinerant knife sharpeners and pewterers who used to stop just outside the church.  A wooden roof shelters the ancient portal (1696) and two stone benches against the external wall look like an invitation to prayer, but also to conversation, which in the past used to liven up the little square.

Pendolasco tower

The Pendolasco tower was built in a dominant position in the Torricello quarter. Raised in the late Fourteenth century by the Da Pendolasco family, this is a classical example of a Medieval signalling tower with a square plan. The building has four floors and a stonework that draws attention to the huge ashlars.  The tower underwent several alterations, such as lintel windows - some provided with bars and shutters. The tower has a monofora and some balconies. An external stone staircase sustained by a vaulted structure, leads to the second floor.  At the end of the Sixteenth century the tower was taken over by the Sermondi family, that promoted the renovation and the emebellishment of the tower - some frescoes were discovered in 1996.