Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate

The first small building dedicated to Sant'Antonio abate in Romeno is thought to have been a simple single-hall structure built in the 14th century. Over the following two centuries it was enlarged with a new presbytery and decorated with a cycle of frescoes by Lombard masters; the first explicit mention, however, appears only in the records of a pastoral visit in 1579. In the 17th century the stone portal on the façade, the small bell gable with its bell and the new sacristy were added.

In the 19th century a cholera epidemic broke out, and the frescoes were damaged when the interior walls were sanitised and disinfected; on the same occasion the floor of the hall was redone. In the 20th century those paintings, partly hidden, were recovered, and since 1968 a series of conservation restorations has begun, which has overhauled the roof, consolidated the structure and protected the building from damp.

The church stands on piazza Aldo Moro, bounded on its right side by the entrance to the cemetery grounds. The façade has a gabled roof and culminates in the small bell gable, with a central double-pitched canopy decorated with a wooden frieze.