Vernetti, community of Marmora

In Vernetti the little church, now deconsecrated, is dedicated to Saint James and quoted in documents from 1730.

The Santuario della Madonna del Biamondo, is located in Biamondo and dates from 1719. It was built upon a votive pillar decorated with frescos, depicts the Madonna on the throne with child, well preserved and presently incorporated in a wooden altar.

The Chapel dedicated to Saints Sebastian and Fabian, built for Saint Sebastian, dates back to 1450. The inside of the chapel was painted at the end of the fifteenth century by Giovanni Baleison from Demonte. The frescos depict the story of the childhood of Christ, from the Nativity to the adoration of the Wise men, with scenes taken from the Apocryphal Gospels. The representation of the nativity is singular: it reproduces a scene that is loaded with a familiar atmosphere. Frescos were then painted depicting moments of the life of Saint Sebastian, a Roman soldier at the court of Diocletian.www.vallemaira.cn.it

Cheese and honey from the Valley