San Martino Basilica is of the most beautiful baroque buildings in Bergamo land. It was built in the same place where the older church used to be, during the second half of XVII Century, by the architect Giovan Battista Quadrio.
The interiors are full of prestigious art pieces: the stuccoed vaults, the side altars, the Rosario chapel (decorated with paintings by Piccio and Appiani), the outstanding marble pulpit made by Andrea Fantoni, the three sacristies – an amazing masterpiece of marquetry created by Fantoni and the Canianas’. Right next to the Basilica there is also San Martino Museum of Relogious Art, where you can admire many prestigious pieces which as Palma de Elder’s Saint Peter’s Martyrdom and numerous furniture and religious items.