Chiesa di San Martino Vescovo

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Piazza Santissimo Redentore 19 24067 Sarnico, (BG)

035 426 2490

Getting there by public transport
Sarnico is served by bus lines from Bergamo, Iseo and Brescia. From Bergamo you can get there by bus line E. For more information, please visit: http://www.bergamotrasporti.it  From Brescia and Iseo you can get there by bus lines LS025 and LS002. For more information, please visit: http://www.trasportibrescia.it

Iseo can be reached by ferry, operated by the Navigazione Lago Iseo company. The service is organized to welcome passengers with reduced mobility. For more information, please visit: http://www.navigazionelagoiseo.it/orari-e-tariffe-traghetti-iseo/Info-e-servizi-a-bordo

For more information on mobility in the territory, please visit: https://www.visitlakeiseo.info/it/info/come-muoversi

Parking area
It is possible to park in the large parking area close to the church, where there is a parking space reserved for disabled pass holders.

Entrance
The main entrance has 3 steps (15 cm high each) and two consecutive doors: the first one is a double leaf door (118 cm wide each), the second one is a hinged door (90 cm wide). People with motor disabilities can access from the side entrances of the church, through two consecutive doors: the first one is a two leaf door (86 cm wide each) and the second one is a hinged door (95 cm wide).

Information for visitors
The church is open every day from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

Getting around
The Chiesa di San Martino, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is an imposing building built around 1727 on a project by architect Luca Luchini in the area where the medieval church stood. The church, with three naves, can be visited without obstacles.

To access the altar, you need to overcome 4 steps (18 cm high each). The church has benches with kneelers (seat height: 57 cm). On each side aisle there are three chapels with valuable frescoes: the chapels can be accessed by passing a step (18 cm high). In the third chapel on the left, there is the large altarpiece of the Virgin with the Child and the saints Carlo Borromeo, Francesco, Bernardino and Martino by Francesco Cavagna.