The Church of San Rocco and Caprile Superiore di Santa Brigida was first described in 1569 by Canon Leonetto Chiavone, delegate of Cardinal Borromeo. The visitor noted that the church was consecrated, its interior, covered by a vaulted ceiling, had a somewhat uneven floor and the walls almost entirely decorated with frescoes. The only door opened onto the main facade decorated by a circular window with no glass or grilles. At the time, the church was in need of restoration, so it must have been built some time earlier, as is also proven by the style of the frescoes, which can be dated to the early 16th century.
The interior has a single nave from which there is direct access to the chancel, bordered by an iron gate; the altar is set against the back wall on which stands the beautiful early 16th-century fresco polyptych within a polychrome wooden frame. In the lower register of the polyptych, the Madonna Enthroned with Child is depicted in the center, at her sides Saints Roch and Sebastian. In the upper register, in the center, Christ at the Avellus and at the sides St. Brigid and St. Catherine of Alexandria. In the lower corner, on the right, the figure of the offerer.
On the walls hang eighteenth-century paintings: eighteenth-century St. Anthony of Padua and Anthony Abbot, the Death of St. Joseph, the Death of the Virgin, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Our Lady of Sorrows. To the left of the chancel is a recently made statue of St. Roch, which replaced the older one.
By reservation guided tours The Land of the Baschenis and Route of the Polyptychs. Information at: Altobrembo, Former Pianetti Sawmill Tourist Office
