Chiesa di San Marcello

The first place of worship at Dardine seems to date back to the 13th century. Around the middle of the following century the building was certainly rebuilt and enriched with decorations, including a fresco of the Madonna still visible on the exterior. From 1475 major works followed, which divided the interior into two parts, and then various cycles of frescoes inside and out, attributed to a South Tyrolean school.

The first consecration took place on 23 February 1500, performed by the suffragan bishop of Trento Francesco De la Chiesa, and it was on that occasion that the church was dedicated to Saint Marcellus. The bell tower was built by the middle of the 16th century, and the first bell was cast for the occasion; the structural alterations that followed partly destroyed the frescoes. By the end of the century there were three altars: the high altar and two side altars, dedicated to Saint Lucy and Saint Stephen.

Between 1708 and 1725 the hall was enlarged with side chapels, and on 24 July 1710 the church was raised to the status of primissaria. From 1770 the cemetery, which lay all around it, was moved elsewhere, and within the decade the roof covering was redone. The reservation of the Eucharist was granted to it in 1837, the baptismal font in 1843.