Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Caterina

Bella

Bellissima la ns chiesa di Santa Caterina

Ben ci servato e in posizione panoramica stupenda

Chiusa nel bel mezzo del pomeriggio.

Eccellente, ma l'omelia non risponde ai bisogni dei bambini

(Translated by Google) Built starting from 1354 in the same place where the ancient church of Sant'Antonio stood, the building assumed its current forms with the seventeenth-century reconstruction that greatly modified its original structure and which involved, among others, Ticino masters. and stone stones from the circle of Gaspare Aprile da Carona, the great architect of the time. The six side chapels of the church have refined decorations by different authors; there are preserved two beautiful paintings by Giovan Battista Recchi and a notable altarpiece, the work of Cesare Ligari, depicting the Death of St. Joseph (1739). On the other hand, two large paintings belonging to the church depicting the Nativity and the Birth of St. John the Baptist, the first believed to be the work of Sigismondo De Magistris (around 1523), are kept at the Museum of History and Art in Sondrio. The bell tower, which houses the "Baiona" bell that has always been envied by the whole Valtellina, is in its current structure and position dating back to the mid-19th century, when the old structure was demolished because it was unstable. Like many churches, that of Albosaggia also had the cemetery around it and had an ossuary which is located at the back, leaning against the presbytery; on the right is the oratory of San Ciriaco, built at the end of the sixteenth century as the seat of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. The Baiona bell: When the bayiona of Albosaggia and the pestiferae of Sassella plays, the devil runs away in that direction. La Baiona: it is named for its large size and because it had the power, due to its thundering sound, to ward off the approach of an imminent storm. The inhabitants of Baiona were very jealous and those of Sondrio were very envious of it so much so that they had offered their big bell full of golden marenghi, but the Bósàc 'have always refused because they wanted to have the largest bell in Valtellina . The Baiona was played when there was a storm, because they said it cut the air and kept the hail away. They also said it was sacred and therefore they played it at all parties, but not at weddings and funerals. Four strong men were needed to play it. When there was a need to ring it, they gave a signal with a particular bell. To make the air cut better, attached to the bayonet they put the scigosta (= chain) with a packet of salt with which they made the cross. La campana Baiona: Quando suona la baiona di Albosaggia e le pestifere della Sassella, il diavolo scappa da quella parte. La Baiona: viene chiamata così per la sua grossa dimensione e perché aveva il potere, per il suo tonante suono, di allontanare l'approssimarsi di un imminente temporale. Della Baiona gli abitanti erano gelosissimi e quelli di Sondrio ne erano molto invidiosi tanto è vero che avevano offerto il loro campanone pieno di marenghi d'oro, ma i Bósàc' hanno sempre rifiutato perché ci tenevano al primato di avere la campana più grossa della Valtellina. La Baiona veniva suonata quando c'era il temporale, perché dicevano che tagliava l'aria e allontanava le grandine. Inoltre dicevano che era sacra e perciò la suonavano a tutte le feste, ma non ai matrimoni e ai funerali. Per suonarla occorrevano quattro uomini robusti. Quando c'era bisogno di suonarla davano un segnale con una campana particolare. Per far tagliare meglio l'aria, attaccato alla baiona mettevano la scigosta (= catena) con un pacchetto di sale con il quale facevano fare la croce. <