CANLEGGIA – a localita of Cosio Valtellino. A localita is a locality – an area where houses are scattered and not densely situated enough to be called a frazione or comune. This localita is just off SP7 – the road from Morbegno that leads into the Valgerola. It lies on the road into the mountains where one finds Piantina, Erdona, and Alpe Tagliata.
This Wall Madonna will not be visible when the tree is in bloom. I believe this fresco is at least 18th-century if not older. Given the symbology and trying to imagine back from the (decent) restoration I would say this is a tribute to the last great plague of 1630. The sun in the right corner is common in Visconti-Sforza imagery and the Visconti were in Sacco after they fell from power in the 15th-century.
I am certain that Mary was between two saints since the fresco was clearly much larger as can be seen by the remaining ‘frame’. The saint who remains is San Rocco so the other had to be San Sebastiano. This is a plague Wall Madonna. I think it is FABULOUS!!!! The building it is on is for sale! I can only wish! And look closely at the throne and the decoration that frames the fresco. This smacks of the same style of the five other Wall Madonna’s I located in Colorina (3) and Sacco (2).
This is a 19th-century Wall Madonna – A Mother of Mercy – MATER GRATIAE. The inscription: ANTONIO AQUISTAPACE, F.F.P.S.D. 1838. The Italian – FECE FARE PER SUA DEVOZIONE – Antonio Aquistapace had this made because of his devotion.
Mary stands between and above two saints holding the infant Jesus. On the left of San Giuseppe – St Joseph and on the right is San Antonio di Padova – St Anthony of Padua.
The fresco overlooks the courtyard of a large farmhouse the land of which occupies both sides of the road. The home is for sale. The road into the mountains is newly paved.
This is another 19th-century Wall Madonna that graces the front of three connected farmhouses that are recently renovated. The inscription identifies three brothers – SPANDRIO CARLO BAT’ AND’ FRATELLI F.F.P.S.D. , ll 10 1838 AGOSTO. Perhaps the brothers Carlo, Battista, Andrea Spandrio – Fece Fare Per Sua Devozione – had this made becuase of their devotion on 10 August 1838.
The homes of this localita are spread across the face of the mountains. There is a Canleggia Sotto and a Canleggia Sopra. The beautiful stone farmhouses surrounded by forest and pastureland make for a lovely view. And those lucky enough to live in them can see Morbegno and the River Adda below and the Rhaetian Alps of the Valtellina.
A wide mule path leads to Canleggia Sopra and other hamlets of the mountain pastures.
Wall Madonna's of the Valtellina 