Church of St Agnes

The small Church of St Agnes stands in isolation on the Grandins plain, an area that was once marshland. 

Around the church — which dates back to a period prior to 1281 — there was once a small village of huts. Ettore di Savorgnano, lord of the Motta Castle, had the chapel restored, obtaining its consecration and indulgences in 1330, as recorded in the Catapan of Qualso dated 23 October 1330. 

The village of Grandins was destroyed during the Turkish incursions of 1477, and the Church of St Agnes was certainly damaged as well. An inscription embedded in a column of the portico commemorates its restoration in 1495 by the patron: 

“MCCCCLXXXXV. SANDRE A TRIVIYAN A FATO FAR STO LAVOR.” 

The façade, surmounted by a single-arched bell gable, features a lintelled portal bearing the date 1723 (the year of renovation), alongside a rectangular window. 

Attached to the front is a pronaos supported by imposing columns. On the north and west sides, these rest on a low wall and support a wooden truss roof that continues seamlessly with that of the nave. 

On the exterior wall, until a few decades ago, one could see the figure of St Christopher, protector of travellers.

The building consists of a single nave with a rectangular plan and a rectangular presbytery.

The ceiling features exposed wooden trusses, while the presbytery is covered by a barrel vault and illuminated by a round-arched window.