Oratory of S. Maria del Monastero

The 13th-century oratory, formerly dedicated to St Martin, was perhaps enlarged in the 17th century and 1728, incorporating portions of Romanesque masonry. Inside, there are frescoes from the 16th-19th centuries. In the vicinity of the oratory, there are remains of walls that probably belonged to a hospice of the Humiliati, founded before 1270.
 

The hospice, like those at Camperio and Casaccia, was a resting place along the Via del Lucomagno and accommodated travellers over the Nara Pass (between the Blenio and Leventina valleys).
 

Martino Rossi, originally from Torre, worked there as a cook and later became the most famous Italian chef of the 15th century.

Keys to Mrs Gabriella Conceprio, Corzoneso-Piano
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or Municipal Chancellery Acquarossa
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