In the countryside of Madrisio is located Madonna di Tavella, a beautiful little church built in its current form towards the end of the 15th century. 

Some clues suggest that it was rebuilt or expanded on a much older previous building, probably Roman or Paleo-Christian: this is suggested by the funerary stele depicting two spouses, from the imperial era, found in the surroundings and now placed inside, and the small shrine with apse and altar base found under the floor of the hall in the southeast corner. 

(Photo Fabio Masotti per Borghiclic)

On the ancient wall of the first church, fragments of frescoes have reappeared depicting a beautiful and rare Byzantine-style Madonna (11th-12th century), perhaps a remnant of a Deposition, a decorative band of acanthus leaves, and filling fragments with jellyfish and shells.

Interesting are the three ex-votos commissioned by culau simit, lenar de duri, and marti de pieri in 1519, as evidenced by the inscriptions that accompany them. The facade is asymmetrical, with a bell gable; inside, the rectangular hall, with exposed beams, concludes with the main altar, documented in 1771-73; on the left, the side nave with three bays with cross vaults leads to the altar of St. Mary Magdalene, from 1554.

Photo RS