Churches and sanctuaries · Novella · Val di Non
Chiesa della Natività di Maria
The seventeenth-century altar preserves the remains of a Gothic triptych.

The first mention of this church dates from 1537 and appears in the records of the pastoral visit of Bernardo Clesio, cardinal and prince-bishop of Trento. The records of a later visit, in 1616, describe it: the building had no vaults and the choir had frescoed decorations, which were later whitewashed. The bell tower was built after the middle of that century.
It is an example of minor Gothic architecture and stands on a levelled area near a spring, overlooking the village of Arsio. The façade is plain, with a gabled roof of two pitches, a stone portal with a round arch, beside it a small window with iron bars and above, in the centre, an oculus. Inside, the nave is single, and the seventeenth-century high altar, in polychrome wood, preserves the remains of a Gothic triptych.
Around the 1990s, conservation works focused mainly on the masonry structures and on protecting them from damp seeping in, followed by the repainting of the interior and exterior and the replacement of the roof with wooden shingles.
- First mention
- 1537
- Bell tower
- after the middle of the seventeenth century
- High altar
- seventeenth-century, with Gothic triptych
- Dedicated to
- the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Trails that pass through here
- A31Route A31E5.2 kmabout 50 m away
- A32Route A32E4.8 kmabout 250 m away
- A30Route A30E10.3 kmabout 500 m away
From the register of alpine trails of the Autonomous Province of Trento. © SAT.