Cappella Santa Croce

The Chapel of Santa Croce has a single rectangular nave with a flat ceiling and an almost square choir with a cross vault. Tradition has it that in 1583 the leaders of the Valley met here with the apostolic visitor St. Charles Borromeo, who came from Bellinzona. The current structure of the church dates back to 1683, a date that can be read above the two entrances. The pictorial traces show apostolic crosses, used to consecrate the chapel, which precede the decorations made by the Seregnese, active from the mid-fifteenth century. This suggests that the construction may date back to the end of the fourteenth century.

The celebrations for the end of the restoration and the laying of the relics of the patron saint of Switzerland, Nicholas of Flüe (Bruder Klaus), took place on the occasion of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the Free State of the Three Leagues on 1 August 2024.

The relics were placed in the oldest part of the Chapel, which preserves decorations of the Seregnesi, active since the mid-fifteenth century. The chapel, according to SUPSI researchers, could date back to the end of the 14th century. The Chapel was then enlarged in 1653.