Santa Croce di Piuro

 

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DIRECTIONS: the church is located in the hamlet of Santa Croce in the municipality of Piuro, approximately 3 km from Chiavenna in the direction of Sankt Moritz.

 

DESCRIPTION:
The Church of the Invenzione della Croce has a circular floor plan and was mentioned in document from 1178. One of the two eighteenth-century side chapels contains an exquisite wardrobe-shaped wooden altarpiece dating from 1499, the work of Yvo Striegel from Memmingen. The church is closed to the public and is only open on special occasions. Visitors can admire the interior through an opening, however.