The church of San Bartolomeo, founded in 1362, is located halfway between the hamlets of Loggio and Drano on a hill overlooking the Soldo valley, so as to be equidistant from the two towns. Accessible from the road that continues to Puriatramite a double mini-flight of stairs, the church underwent various renovations, the last of which in 1736, when the new sacristy was erected and the bell tower was raised on top of which a golden sphere was placed. with pure gold from Turin. The dedication to St. Bartholomew implies, it is believed, a link with the leather tanning business of which St. cloak, one's own skin (see for example the famous statue of San Bartolomeo in the Milan Cathedral). On the counter-façade, a large fresco with the "Triumph of the Eucharist", a very current theme at that time because the Protestant reform had suppressed this sacrament. The author of the fresco, Gian Battista Pozzi, had taken as a model a famous tapestry by Rubens (a famous 17th century painter) on the same subject, existing in Turin at the court of the Savoy. Above the 1st altar on the left there is again the Holy Shroud called in popular language "the Holy Shroud", for which mass was celebrated on May 4th. The 2nd chapel on the right, called "dei Morti" as it was established by the ancient confraterita of the same name, refers to the Ossuary located on the side of the access to the churchyard, richly frescoed but in poor condition, and to the funeral tapestry, consisting of 12 sheets rectangular blacks painted in silver and colors: there are represented as many skeletons wrapped in the clothes that characterize their worldly role. These vestments are no longer exhibited, while on the feast day of San Bartolomeo (August) you can admire the precious red damask vestments embroidered in pure gold, a gift from the Mossini family. On the hill overlooking the lake, south of Loggio beyond the so-called "campó" basin, is the cemetery and, next to it, the chapel dedicated to San Carlo, built on the occasion of his canonization (1610).
Source: Valsolda municipality site
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