Not far from the centre of the village of Endine Gaiano stands this 15th-century church, destroyed by the flooding of a torrent and never rebuilt. With the arrival of the Plague in Val Cavallina, the ancient village on the banks of the lake was spared, and its inhabitants, out of gratitude, decided to rebuild the building, which today has a curious bell tower with a chivalrous past to discover.
The violent plague that swept through Europe in 1630 not only left traces in the famous pages of Alessandro Manzoni’s Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) but also allowed the church of San Remigio, rebuilt as a vow of religious gratitude, to survive to the present-day: Endine Gaiano had survived.
The original 17th-century structure was joined in 1850 by the present fully open three-arched portico, and the recent restoration has enhanced both the external and internal structure.
Passing through the entrance portal, one can admire a Madonna with Child and Saints Remigio and Alessandro painted by Domenico Carpinoni, whose painting style winks at that of Palma il Vecchio, another great artist from Bergamo.
Imposing and mysterious, on the other hand, is the church bell tower, made of Gaiano stone. Its massive structure did not originate with San Remigio: it was originally a pre-existing tower belonging to the castle of the Knights of St George.
