San Giacomo is the church in the hamlet of Sanico. Already existing in the 13th century, as reported in the Liber Notitiae Sanctorum Mediolani, it is one of the three oldest churches in Muggiasca and is located at the eastern end of the village, at the entrance of the path to Mornico.
The building underwent a major expansion in the second half of 1753 when it was extended and raised. Some documents dating back to the pastoral visit of 1569 describe the frescoes that decorated the interior walls with the depiction of some scenes of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, while a very articulated altarpiece decorated the presbytery.
The facade is very simple and has a stone portal surmounted by a mixed-style tympanum. The interior, with a single nave and two side chapels, still holds an altar with stuccoes of good workmanship, valuable paintings, the altarpiece and the wooden statue of St. James from the eighteenth century.
Starting in 1719, the Confraternity of San Giacomo (St. James) was founded in the church, whose members were mostly emigrants to Venice.
