The church of S. Margherita, first documented in a donation act of 1327 ("Santa Margarita de Longaplave"), was enlarged in 1666 and rebuilt between 1777 and 1779 by the architect Mistro Tommaso da Lienz and solemnly consecrated by the archbishop of Udine Nicolò Sagredo on June 14, 1790.

The building, created in late Baroque forms, has the sides modeled in two series of four round arches, between the pillars of which the niches of the side altars are inserted. The bell tower ends in an octagonal turret crowned by a shaped spire.

The interior consists of a single nave, from which the presbytery stands out in the background.

Except for the rich baroque-style stucco decorations of the ambo and some pictorial and sculptural elements, much of the interior decorative and figurative apparatus dates back to the first quarter of the 1900s, from the frescoes on the ceiling and walls of the presbytery (Francesco Barazzutti from Gemona, 1906-1907, Assumption into Heaven; Fathers of the Church; Glorification of S. Margherita; Crucifixion; Evangelists; Death of Saint Joseph; Martyrdom of Saint Margaret) to the elegant Main Altar (Cavallini brothers from Pove (Vicenza), 1915, with sculptures by Arturo Ferraroni from Cremona), to some elements of the side altars, with contributions up to the mid-1900s (stained glass, 1940; steps of the side altars, 1943).

At the back of the apse is the altarpiece, painted by Johann Renzler from St. Lorenzen in 1802, depicting The Holy Trinity with the Virgin Mary and Saint Margaret. The painting of the Madonna of Einsiedeln, purchased in the same Swiss Benedictine abbey, dates back to the second half of the 19th century. Notable, at the ends of the first left altar, are the wooden statues of S. Margherita and S. Caterina d'Alessandria, attributable to Michele Parth and datable around 1540.

Photo: © Piller Hoffer Manuel, Piller Hoffer Manuel