Historical Site San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca

Casa a Marca, camera Carlo Borromeo

Casa a Marca, camera Carlo Borromeo (oua_28418907_image)

Ancient residence of the patrician family of Mesocco. Here, the Archbishop of Milan Carlo Borromeo was welcomed with honor, leaving an eternal mark on the spiritual history of Moesano.

Description

The family in Marca, documented since the second half of the fourteenth century, invited the archbishop of Milan Carlo Borromeo to visit the Mesolcina and the Calanca 428 years ago. Borromeo's visit marked the spiritual and cultural history of Moesano. In the villages of Mesolcina there are still traces of the passage of Carlo Borromeo: churches, chapels, works of art, altars and named places.

Contact

Casa a Marca, camera Carlo Borromeo

6563 Mesocco

Responsible for this content: Ente Turistico Regionale del Moesano (ETRM).
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