San Lorenzo Church

The parish of Pozzolengo is dedicated to the deacon and martyr San Lorenzo, one of the seven deacons of Rome. In the year 257 the then emperor Valerian began the anti-Christian persecution in Rome, which worsened the following year, when he ordered the killing of bishops and priests, including San Lorenzo, who was martyred on 10 August 258. And it is precisely on this day that parishioners still remember him today, through a public procession through the streets of the town and the Holy Mass to follow.

In 2019, thanks to the contribution of parishioners, a wooden statue of the saint was built for venerative purposes and can be admired to the right of the altar.
In the center of the town of Pozzolengo stands out the Parish Church, dedicated to San Lorenzo and built in 1510. This underwent impressive expansions in 1740, including the transformation into a Latin cross, the addition of a central dome and the consequent evocative construction with thirty-six finely marbled cylindrical columns, supported by stone pedestals with Corinthian style capitals at the top.
This sacred building then became the main church, replacing the one inside the castle of Pozzolengo, built around 1300 and of which the apse is visible today with some fragments of the fresco that covered it, depicting Jesus and the evangelists .
The façade is in neoclassical style, with a large central window (closed with a brick wall after 1945 and brought to light in 2004) and an imposing bronze door, the work of the sculptor Don Luciano Carnessali, weighing 8 quintals, 4.61 meters high and 2.33 meters wide. Entering through the main door you immediately notice the majesty of the interior: the central nave measures 52.45 metres, while the presbytery is enriched by a third altar, embellished with marble and precious stones. Continuing along the nave, various valuable works can be admired in the side altars, including a canvas by Brusasorci (depicting the Redeemer), a canvas by Andrea Celesti (circa 1692) placed in the altar of the Madonna del Carmine, a canvas by Gabriele Rottini from 1843 and the altarpiece of San Luigi Gonzaga by Father Andrea Pozzo (1642-1707).
Arriving at the altar and looking up on the left balcony you can admire the organ built by Antegnati in 1608 and restored in 1881 by Gaetano Zanfretta.

The oratory was built behind the church in 1966 by the then parish priest Don Armando Scattolini. A new concrete playground was named after him in 2016, a place where events, community and Christian education activities for children, children, teenagers, young people and families take place today.