The church dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, the Santuario della Santa Casa di Loreto, is simply known as “La Madonnina” for the people of Vendrogno. Built in 1630 further to of a vow made by the inhabitants of Vendrogno who had been saved from the scourge of the plague, it is located on the “Zucco” in front of the town center, above an ancient chapel dedicated to the Madonna.
It is a very simple construction, in Baroque style, with a single-nave interior, a presbytery and two side chapels. The façade is simple, with exposed stonework and a stone portal surmounted by three openings that resemble the Serlian style.
On the side of the church there is also a Lourdes Grotto in memory of the miraculously-cured Emma Invernizzi: a twenty-four year old woman from Vendrogno with no hope of life who was taken to Lourdes on a stretcher and came back healed. In December 1932, the President of the Bureau des Constatations de Lourdes recognized this event as miraculous. Finally, near the entrance, there is a column in memory of the vow made by the inhabitants of Vendrogno to escape the plague.
Inside the church there is a wooden statue of the Madonna and valuable paintings among which a Madonna of the milk with Saint Joseph, angel and donor of the 17th century. The high altar is an original and elegant composition of marble and stucco and before it we find an important carved wooden architrave surmounted by a large crucifix.
