Specific type: church Structural configuration: The complex of the church of S. Lorenzo consists of the church, the bell tower, the sacristy, the parish house and the Oratory of the Cross and is surrounded by a stone fence that delimits the churchyard, which is accessed through an entrance arch inserted in an exposed stone structure covered by a double-pitched roof. Outside the enclosure there are three surviving chapels of the eighteenth-century Via Crucis that introduced the complex. The church is plastered and painted, with the exception of the central part of the facade which is made of exposed squared stone masonry, with splayed single-lancet windows and a baroque portal. The bell tower is made of exposed masonry in the base part, plastered in the last two levels and ends with a very pronounced spire. The chapels of the Via Crucis are plastered and painted. The Oratory of the Cross has a simple gabled façade, plastered and painted, with the Cross and Angels in the area under the eaves. Construction period: sec. XVIII Author: Barberini Giovanni Battista, church, stuccos; Crespi Antonio, church, vaults, paintings; Baino Michele, church, vaults, elevation; Scotti Carlo, church, presbytery, vault, frescoes; Frisoni Donato Giuseppe, church, right chapel, stuccos; Caprani Paolo, church, second chapel on the left, frontal; Gelpi Antonio, church, presbytery, main altar, small temple It includes • Church of S. Lorenzo, Laino (CO) • Bell tower of the Church of S. Lorenzo, Laino (CO) Current use: entire property: church Historical use: entire property: church Legal status: ownership Catholic religious body
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