Colla-muggiasca: Cultural Routes, Churches and Museums

For a stay in Colla-muggiasca, cultural routes, religious buildings and museum themes offer concrete starting points. The circular route “Le contrade e l’antica chiesa di Santa Brigida” passes a disused gypsum quarry and leads to historic sites. There are also museums with different focuses. If you are looking for a hotel, you can use these themes to help plan your stay.

Cultural Route and Historic Buildings

The circular route “Le contrade e l’antica chiesa di Santa Brigida” is short and easy, and takes about an hour. Along the way, it passes the entrance to a disused gypsum quarry. The route also leads to the old, frescoed Cà Coerì building in the hamlet of Muggiasca and to the medieval chapel of San Lorenzo in Carale. The circular route thus combines a connection to the landscape with destinations whose architectural history and frescoes provide the cultural focus. Its approximate duration offers a concrete timeframe for planning the tour as a separate activity.

Churches and Dated Art

The old church mentioned in the route’s title has an original core dating from the 10th century. Since 1969, by episcopal decree, it has borne the name Santuario dell’Addolorata. San Lorenzo in Carale is a medieval oratory and is also one of the route’s destinations. A fresco on the back wall of the presbytery at San Lorenzo is dated April 22, 1591. The presbytery is the area around the altar; this precise location places the fresco within the church building. The medieval core and the precisely dated artwork represent two different points in time.

Museums and Baschenis Connections

The Centro Museale di Santa Brigida is housed in restored rooms of an old manor building near the old settlement of Monticello. The Museo Baschenis is located at Via Carale 13 in Colla-Muggiasca. It is an exhibition center dedicated to the Baschenis family of artists and other artists from the valleys of Alta Brembana. The museum features a reinterpreted permanent ethnographic collection with multimedia content, digital installations and new information panels. Almost all the Baschenis family painters were born in the hamlet of Colla. A house there has also been identified as the residence of Cristoforo’s family dynasty. Thus, a close local family connection meets a broader regional connection to art.

Another Route Connection

The high-altitude variant of the Via del Ferro connects Santa Brigida, Cusio, Colle della Maddalena, Ornica, Colle Dudello, Cantello and Valtorta. It passes through unspoiled landscapes and along old Alpine trails. Compared with the circular route of about an hour, with its churches and frescoes, this route focuses on a succession of named places and the landscape with its historic paths. When choosing a cultural focus, you can therefore distinguish between the local circular route, the museums and their art and ethnography themes, and the more extensive route.

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