Verolengo

According to other interpretations, the verro on the coat of arms was chosen by assonance with the name of the municipality, which would be linked to ancient settlements of the barbarian population of the Eruli (hence Verulengum).

At the center of the high altar, above the tabernacle, stands a small fresco, depicting the Madonna with Child, most likely the Blessed Virgin of Oropa, due to its dark color, with S. Carlo Borromeo on the left and on the right St. Anthony of Padua.

By an unknown artist, it already existed at the end of the seventeenth century: at that time, the painting constituted the upper part of one of the many pillars that, even today, can be found in our countryside.

Tradition has it that a priest, a certain Don Bracco, was thrown from the saddle by the runaway horse and, with one foot entangled in a stirrup, was dragged for a long distance, until, right in front of the pylon, the animal stopped and the priest, who remained miraculously unharmed despite the bad adventure, thanked the Virgin for the narrow escape; as a sign of gratitude he had the sign included inside a chapel.

The church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the main square of the town (Piazza IV Novembre) which represents the interjunction between the decumanus and cardo of the ancient Roman camp).

The church, in neoclassical style, is structured on three naves and is covered externally with white marble even if originally the facade was in exposed brick.

To the right of the entrance, a newsstand houses the image of a smiling infant: it is Maria Child, protector of children, to whom the bows of the newborns of the village are brought as an ex voto.

The name by which it is known derives from a curious legend that has as its protagonist a noble girl who is passionate about the violin locked up there by her father for falling in love with a commoner (perhaps a stable boy).