This region is also the most Catholic part of Italy with the highest percentage of churchgoers in all the country. Piantedo has more churches per capita than anywhere else in Europe. St Maria Nascente, the church where Nonno was baptized is one of the town’s most famous and is filled with some remarkable Italian art. On of the prized works is “Vergine Alata” (The Virgin with Wings.)

This small community’s artistic talent is seen in the religious art of its churches and bell towers. From the road one sees the high bell tower of the church dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Thanksgiving and the Suffragio. The building is encircled by trees and has a small capuchin monastery . Over the great altar is a 14th century fresco representing The Madonna with Wisdom. Another painting over the altar is by local painter, Eliseo Fumagalli (1937).. In Piantedo the bell tower of the parochial church is clearly visible. It was erected in 1673 and the elegant green door added in 1766. Above the door is a carving of the Blessed Trinity and some fragments of other figures that go back to the 15th century

“Madonna in trono” (the Virgin Mary on the throne), a thirteenth century fresco in Verdione di Piantedo.