Chiesa di San Lorenzo

Historical sources estimate that a first chapel dedicated to San Lorenzo was founded in Sarnonico before 1184, and in 1228 the parish church is mentioned in a document that places it in a position of control over the territory of Fondo. In the fourteenth century the church was rebuilt and enlarged, and the fresco decorating the south façade is attributed to Giovanni da Volpino, who in that period had also worked on the nearby church of the Beata Maria Vergine.

A century later the building needed work because of the state it was in, and between 1590 and 1597 it underwent the necessary restoration. In 1760 the entrance portal was replaced with a marble one and at the end of the century the hall was enlarged; at the beginning of the nineteenth century the old bell tower collapsed, and in 1808 a new one was built. The church was granted archpriestly status in 1906.

After the Second World War, cycles of work on the load-bearing structures and of liturgical adaptation began, some of which are also mentioned by Aldo Gorfer. In 1977 the church suffered a serious theft: four wooden works attributed to Giovanni Battista Ramus were stolen.