A small but very famous church, thanks to the "Dance of Dead", a wonderful fresco that you can admire on the outside wall of the building, created by the painter Simone Baschenis.
In Pinzolo, just outside the village, there is one of the most famous and visited churches in Trentino. The main reason is linked to the wonderful fresco that decorates the exterior and that represents a "Dance Macabre", a recurring theme in late medieval religious representations, which served to remind the faithful that all, humble and powerful, are equal in the face of death. The work was created in the 16th century by Simone II Baschenis, a painter who lived between 1490 and 1555. It is considered the largest and most famous of the Baschenis, a family of painters who frescoed many churches in Trentino between the mid-1400s and 1500s. The Church of San Vigilio, founded in 1362 and subsequently enlarged in 1515, has a rectangular plan with 3 naves, with arches and pointed vaults supported by granite columns.
HIGHLIGHT
The details of the "Dance of Dead", clearly visible in the perfectly preserved fresco.
