The sanctuary of the Sacro Monte di Ossuccio was essentially completed in 1537, but its high bell tower was completed later in 1719. It stands on the Sacro Monte di Ossuccio, a sacred site dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of the Savior and part of the group of nine Sacred Mounts of Piedmont and Lombardy inscribed in 2003 by UNESCO on the World Heritage List.
The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli is a religious building of late Romanesque style built at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. The church is famous for its interior frescoes including the "Passione e Crocefissione" of the sixteenth century.
The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damien is a neoclassical church consecrated in 1887. A first parish church was built in the 13th century and was rebuilt in Baroque style in the 17th century. Between 1863 and 1875, the building was destroyed and rebuilt in its present form. From 1907 to 1922, the bell tower and facade were built with a portico with three Corinthian column arches and corner pilasters.
The Cathedral of Como is a late Gothic style building built between 1396 and 1740. The length of its construction period is expressed in its architecture which mixes Gothic elements such as the built facade, Renaissance elements particularly visible from the rear of the cathedral, and finally, the rococo dome whose completion marks the end of the construction of the cathedral.
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