Arnad Church

Frescoes and chromatics recollect stories on a stoney, grey background

When is it open: visits can be agreed with the parish priest

What's not to be missed: the main door and the outdoor frescoes

Where is it: the chief town of Arnad

Why? … Because it's worth it: it is an important example of a Romanesque church

The Church of San Martino is located in the chief town of Arnad. The current building has a quadrilateral layout, with three naves that preserve a roof made of Gothic, cross vaults. The pillars, almost all with a quadrangle layout support large arches that rest on capitals. The facade has a central, tuff portal from the XV century, decorated with a keel-shaped arch, representing two intertwined tree trunks with an overhead

rose window. There are slender, single mullioned windows. The bell-tower, with a square layout, has a high, pyramid-shaped spire. The ceiling on the left nave is decorated with Late Gothic frescoes. The subjects represented include St. George fighting a dragon, the feast of Herod, the crucifixion and the beheading of John the Baptist. The parish museum preserves some interesting sacred objects, including a crucifix

from the second half of the thirteenth century and two, German bas-reliefs representing St. Rocco and St. Sebastian, attributed to the school of the sculptor Michael Parth (second half of the sixteenth century). To visit the museum contact the parish priest (0125/966116).