San Sebastin Chapel (Sec. XV)

The Chapel were originally located just outside the village, where the door of the village stood, we cannot fix the exact year of construction: it is only known that it was erected during the XV century. It is traced back to after the plague of 1428 or after one of 1460, when the epidemic struck the Lanzo and Pianezza valleys. And they turn precisely to San Sebastian for overcome the plague, and it is a significant constant, however, that the numerous chapels dedicated to him have all been built outside the inhabited centers, just because of the fear that the plundered people could spread the epidemic within the countries.
The first document certifying the presence of the chapel dates from the years 1559 to 1562. It has a square base of about six feet in length, the masonry, no longer visible, was in river cobblestones fish-liver arranged. The pillars are of a past epoch and serve to stabilize the supporting walls. The large slightly pointed arch frontal opening was closed for safety reasons after the orders of the Trent Council (1545-1563).
On the walls and on the sails of the vault, the surviving frescoes represent the devotees under the mantle of the Virgin, Saint Sebastian side by side with San Rocco and the temptations of St. Anthony.
The artists are anonymous: today they are attributed to the large family of Jacquerio and to Bartolomeo and Sebastiano Serra from Pinerolo.
The Chapel became famous (the journal “Corriere della Domenica” dedicated a cover sheet to it) when in the years 1931-32 it was transferred all over, from the most upstream place where it was, to the current site at a distance of 140 meters. Appropriately wrapped, it was slid a few meters a day on rollers placed on rails. In this time, the portal closed in the '500 was restored, highlighting the busted figures of the Prophets frescoed in the intrados of the arch.