Chiesa
Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle
You arrive in Piazza alla Chiesa expecting one church and one façade. Saint Andrew’s has other ideas: repeated rebuilding and a twentieth-century enlargement left it with two public faces.
Perché vale la deviazione
Brunate’s parish church developed from a medieval religious complex and acquired two façades through repeated rebuilding and a twentieth-century enlargement. It also preserves the remains of Blessed Maddalena Albrici.
The Church of Saint Andrew the Apostle in Brunate is a hidden gem developed from a medieval religious complex. It features two façades from repeated rebuildings and houses the remains of Blessed Maddalena Albrici.
Le persone legate a questo indirizzo
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Maddalena Albrici
The remains of the fifteenth-century Augustinian religious leader are preserved inside the church.
Che cosa c’è nei paraggi
I luoghi raccontati più vicini, con la distanza in linea d’aria da qui.
50 m
Bellavista Hotel and Pencho Slaveykov Memorial
The funicular sends a new crowd up the hill, and the Bellavista opens its doors to catch the trade. Then a Bulgarian poet spends his final days here, giving this hotel frontage a second, more poignant life.
100 m
Campari Fountain
Someone looked at a village water source and thought: useful—but could it sell Campari too? The answer is standing in front of you.
150 m
Former Grand Hotel Brunate
The grand hotel is ready for guests: fifty rooms, a proud resort façade—and no funicular yet. Brunate is betting on a tourist boom before the easiest ride up the mountain has even opened.
150 m
Chalet Sonzogno
Turin, 1902: a wooden chalet is reportedly on display. Two years later, it resurfaces as third prize in a newspaper contest—fully furnished.
150 m
Villa Pirotta Bonacossa
A cotton magnate eyes an exceptionally steep Brunate hillside and decides it needs a miniature Versailles. Villa Pirotta Bonacossa is what happens when industrial wealth, artistic ambition, and gravity all refuse to back down.
450 m
Marenghi Park and the Pertugio Spring
In 1785, Carlo Amoretti disappeared into the Pertugio cave while Volta stayed above gripping the rope. The spring they identified is still collected here—under a cover most people could walk straight past.
Percorrilo con le storie
Questo indirizzo è una tappa fra tante. I nostri itinerari e le quest le collegano in una passeggiata che funziona sul posto.