Situated in upper Locarno, the church of Santa Maria Assunta, commonly known as Chiesa Nuova, was built by Cristoforo Orelli around 1630.
The façade is decorated with a large stucco figure of Saint Christopher, and the niches house figures of various patron saints. Inside, the single nave is copiously decorated with elaborate stuccos depicting triumphal cherubs and festoons of fruit and flowers.
On the left altar there is a macabre figure of Saint Germain clothed in fabric. To the right, in a 17th century marble niche, is a wooden Assumption from the 17th century. After restoration in 1967, the altar was completed with an altar piece in scagliola attributable to the Pancaldi school of Ascona.
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