Specific type: church
Structural configuration: The complex of the church of SS. Nazaro e Celso is located adjacent to the cemetery and is composed of: the church, with a single nave and quadrangular presbytery; the bell tower; a porch. The church is made up of two clearly distinguishable parts; the building containing the nave and the lower presbytery. The bell tower, which on the ground floor also constitutes the atrium of the church, is characterized by a masonry differentiated according to the levels: scarp in the lower part; in regular ashlars higher up; in irregular and then even regular masonry, under the eaves. The portico, with five bays with cross vaults, leans on one side against the southern façade of the church, and on the other is supported by stone columns and masonry walls. The buildings are made of stone masonry, mostly irregular, with the exception of the bell tower and part of the masonry in the apse area of the church, where we find squared stone pilasters and stone arches.
Construction period: sec. 14th – century XV
Author: Tarilli Giovan Battista, church, nave, walls and vaults, frescoes; Tarilli Giovanni Domenico, church, nave, walls and vaults, frescoes; De Magistris Giovanni Andrea, church, presbytery, frescoes; Crespi Daniele (circle), church, left chapel, frescoes; Carloni Carlo Innocenzo, church, atrium, frescoes.
It includes the Church of SS. Nazaro e Celso, Lanzo d'Intelvi (CO) Current use: entire property: church Historical use: entire property: church Legal status: ownership Catholic religious body Bibliographical references Guida Italia, Guida d'Italia. Lombardy (excluding Milan), Milan 1987, p. 307 Spiriti A./ Terzaghi MC/ Virgilio G., Guides of the Province of Como. From Cernobbio to the Intelvi Valley, Como 1997, pp. 118-121 Lazzati M., The Intelvi Valley, the origins, the history, the art, the landscape, the Comacini artists, Milan 1986, pp. 40-41, 119-120 figs. 136-137 Magni MC, Como Romanesque Architecture, Milan 1960, p. 75 figs. 83, 84, 187 Cavarocchi F., Art and artists of the Intelvi Valley, with historical-geographical notes, S. Colombano al Lambro 1992, pp. 40-41 Zastrom O., The Romanesque art of Comasco, Como 1972, p. 171 table. 108 Monti S., History and art in the province and ancient diocese of Como, Como 1902, pp. 349, 485 Cavadini F., Valle Intelvi, Como 1969, pp. 23, 175-177 Lazzati M., La Valle Intelvi. Contributions to the knowledge of art, archaeology, environment, architecture, history and Como literature, Observations on the wall structures of the church of SS Nazaro and Celso of Scaria, Como 1999, pp. 31-65 Cetti B., Life and works of the Comacine masters, 1993, p. 185 Vincenti A./ Dolazza VI/ Ascarelli D'Amore E., Christian Art, The Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso in Scaria d'Intelvi, 1979
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By Simona Castelli – ARTEVALLEINTELVI – The Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso: the vault of the apse
By Simona Castelli – ARTEVALLEINTELVI – The Passion of Christ in the Church of Saints Nazaro and Celso in Scaria
By Simona Castelli – ARTEVALLEINTELVI: The faces of motherhood (min. 2:00 – min. 6:24 and min. 10:18)
By Giada Luni – bebeez : Alta Valle Intelvi, bridge between two cultures. The historic holiday of the Milanese starts again from culture and sport
