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The Fraccia Oratory - Contra
The Fraccia Oratory dates back to the first half of the 17th century, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its 1680 portico was completed in the next century.
It was designed by Giovanni Gada, an architect from Brione Verzasca, who also designed the Marcacci Castle. Inside, the oratory is richly decorated in stucco and has a marble balustrade (1752) and a painting depicting St Joseph attributed to G.A.F. Orelli (1706-1776).
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The church of San Martino in Monti di Ditto
On the façade of this church, which goes back to the second half of the fifteenth century, is a sixteenth-century fresco depicting Saint Christopher.
Inside, some of the frescos that were part of the original decorations have survived, such as the "Majestas Domini", with the Four Evangelists and the procession of the Twelve Apostles (both from the end of the fifteenth century). Along the nave, there are frescos depicting the Trinity, the Virgin Mary and various saints (Saint Martin as a bishop and holy warrior as well as Saint John and Saint Sebastian), the Last Supper (second half of the fifteenth century), Christ in the garden and the flight to Egypt.
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The oratory of Monti di Curogna in Cugnasco
This oratory, which goes back to the 14th and 15th centuries, is dedicated to St. Christopher and St. Anne and has various frescos from different periods.
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The church of San Bartolomeo in Vogorno
This church, dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, is the oldest one in the valley. It has interesting Byzantine-style frescos from around 1200, illustrating ten female saints in a rigid, upright posture along the wall on the right.
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The church of Santa Maria Assunta in Brione Verzasca
This church houses the valley's most valuable frescos, painted in Gothic style, going back to 1350 and attributable to Giovanni Baronzio of Giotto's Rimini school. It used to have a really beautiful alter in carved timber, which has now become part of the collection in Basel Museum. Next to this church is the building that served as the valley's first school. It was founded in 1644 by a certain Gada of Brione, who was the imperial governor at the time. Its façade is decorated with a large painting from the same period, showing the Virgin Mary, Saint Charles and Saint Francis and with an inscription commemorating its founding.
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The Madonna of Loreto Church - Sonogno
The church was built in 1854 over an older church dating back to the 15th century. The central plan church has a late neoclassical façade and bell tower dated 1782 and boasts paintings by local artist Cherubino Pata (1827-1899), a student of Courbet, including a fine Nativity Scene dated 1854.
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