Halfway between the village and the castle stands the former Franciscan convent of S. Giacomo, mentioned for the first time in 1262 and therefore the oldest in the entire Diocese of Concordia, as well as among the first in the Region. It was suppressed by the Venetian Republic in 1769.

Since July 2016, the convent has come back "to life" with the presence of four Franciscan Elizabethan nuns.

The convent complex retains part of the cloister, ceilings with painted coffered panels, rooms with medieval geometric pictorial decorations, and a chapter hall decorated with 15th-century wooden metopes.

The current Archpriest Church of San Giacomo was built by the Conventual Minor Friars before 1262, the year in which Guecello II of Prata left 100 soldi in its favor. In an ancient book in Gothic letters, there is information that in the year 1295 – May 12 – D. Hengerarda, wife of D. Gerardo, by her will – Nod.r Zamboni – left one hundred lire to repair the church and convent. Therefore, the church was built many years earlier; it is believed for certain during the time of the Seraphic Father Saint Francis who lived until the year 1226: P. Bac.r Francesco Mainardi from Polcenigo who found these antiquities had this plaque placed. "Ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Anno MDCCXIII».

The church was restored and expanded in 1600 by the counts of Polcenigo, probably based on a design or consultations by Lucchesi, uncle of Piranesi. The church is equipped with rich vestments, inlaid furniture, and paintings of great value.

The friars were deprived of it in 1769 by decree of the Venetian Senate and with the decree of June 25, 1770, Bishop Alvise Maria Gabrieli transferred the parish seat to it with «all the honors, burdens, emoluments, and prerogatives previously enjoyed by the church of Ognissanti» (now of the Madonna della Salute); and in 1790 his successor Giuseppe Maria Bressa conferred upon it the title of archpriest.

(info taken from borgocreativopolcenigo.it)