Chiesa di San Giorgio Martire

The church of St. Giorgio Martire was a parish church as early as 920. Owned by the bishop of Verona in 1145, it retained its Romanesque characteristics until the 19th century. It was subsequently demolished to make way for the new church built between 1840 and 1865. In 1988, a new entrance door adorned with bronze reliefs, crafted by the sculptor Virgilio Audagna, was installed.

The west-facing facade has a neoclassical design. In the center, there is a rectangular entrance portal, preceded by a wide staircase and topped by a shelf. Higher up, a large semicircular window illuminates the interior. The facade is characterized by four semi-columns with powerful Corinthian capitals and a corresponding tympanum. The cornice of the pediment is decorated along the entire perimeter with small brackets. At the summit, an iron cross stands out.

The bell tower is adjacent to the building, situated between the apse and the southern side of the church and is partially incorporated into the structure.

The interior has a Latin cross layout and is reminiscent of the classic Palladian models (San Giorgio in Venice). The presbytery, square in shape and raised by four steps, extends with two lateral arms until it reaches the same width as the nave; a marble balustrade defines the presbytery both at the front and on the sides.

The ceiling, semi-vaulted in barrel form, supports a structure made of wooden trusses; while the flooring is made of red Verona marble, white and black in geometric patterns. The four lateral chapels house minor altars: the altars of the Madonna (or of the Crucifix) and of the Sacred Heart on the northern side, the altars of St. Joseph and of Our Lady of the Rosary on the opposite side. These rooms are interspersed with additional spaces, including those close to the entrance occupied by the baptistery, along the southern side, and the chapel of the Crucifix on the opposite side, while those adjacent to the presbytery correspond to the entry vestibules of the lateral entrances; in the center of the northern wall is the chapel with the altar of the Immaculate Virgin.

Noteworthy is the main altar with its polychrome marbles built by Don Veneri in 1761, completed with two statues depicting St. Giorgio and St. Bartolomeo, the patron saint of the village.

In the sacristy of the parish church of St. Giorgio, there is a work of significant importance, a Madonna con Bambino e Angeli attributed to the school of Stefano da Zevio or Antonio Badile. The original placement of this work was the decorative lunette of the porch of the parish church of Illasi: the decision to save it at the time of the parish's demolition was probably linked to popular devotion, which ascribed protective functions to the votive images painted on the facades.