Sant'Ippolito e Cassiano in Sant'Ippolito

A church at the site, also known as the parish church of St. Hippolytus in the Alps (or Visia) was originally constructed in 998.[1] The existing church is a 12th-century reconstruction with minor later additions. It is likely that the church was a renovated building of Lombard (eighth century), as is indicated by the saint to whom the church is dedicated. The small town of Sant’Ippolito of Vernio sprung up around the church.

The plain façade facing the main square retains the original 12th-century sandstone, with a later inserted rectangular window, replacing an earlier lancet. The remaining walls are made with irregular stone masonry from the 13th-century. The 17th-century choir connects the campanile or belltower, that holds a 12th-century crypt. The belltower is square with a belfry consisting of four undecorated, single windows.

The church has a single-aisled nave terminating in an apse. On the side walls are mullioned windows. The left side of the church opens on the town square. Along the left wall are the remains of later restorations and modifications: three rectangular windows and a single window characterized by the monolithic structure of a lowered bow. The portico connects the church to the sacristy.