The Church of San Lorenzo in the Carale district is the oldest of those found in the Santa Brigida area, dating back to the Middle Ages.
A brief mention of this little church is found in the Acts of the pastoral visit of St. Charles Borromeo in 1566.
Of particular interest in the building is the fresco decorating the back wall of the chancel, dated April 22, 1541. The painting depicts the enthroned Madonna and Child with Angels, with St. Lawrence and St. Roch on either side. On the right side of the fresco, within a niche, is the 18th-century statue of St. Roch and on the left is the statue of St. Theresa.
Displayed along the walls of the nave are images of the Stations of the Cross and a number of paintings from various periods, including one depicting the Miraculous Rescue through the Intercession of Our Lady, a seventeenth-century votive offering restored in 1986, and a St. Lawrence in Glory, also a seventeenth-century work, formerly an altarpiece. Two other canvases, illustrating The Death of the Righteous and The Death of the Sinner, respectively, were accompanied by the donor's coat of arms, of which only the former, from the Baschenis family, is now legible.
The building has undergone several restorations over the centuries, most recently in 2006, when it underwent extraordinary conservative maintenance involving the rebuilding of the roof frame and roof covering and the repainting of the exterior facades.
Free tour (see Altobrembo guides, volume I itinerary 4). Included in the itineraries : The Land of the Baschenis.
Guided tours by reservation. Information at: Altobrembo, Tourist Office former Pianetti Sawmill.
