Church S.Giovanni Battista

At the west end of the low-medieval town of Salò defended by walls, there is the church dedicated to St. Giovanni; it has a late Romanesque bell tower, but we have no elements to suggest an older origin, having been rebuilt at the end of the 1500s.

The Church S.Giovanni Battista it is located at the end of the homonymous alley and overlooks the central street of the town, near the door with clock of the Fossa. Until a few decades ago there was a fountain in vicolo San Giovanni, set against the church. Here in the Middle Ages the district of the Capitis Burgi Fountain existed, located between the widening with the statue of San Carlo and the church of S.Giovanni. The church was entirely rebuilt in 1727, it appears on the ruined structure of the previous church dating back to the 7th century; it would be the oldest church in the city. With the restructuring desired by San Carlo Borromeo and before that from 1727 onwards, the church lost much of the original appearance and its facade was even covered by a building.
The interior, however, has remained harmonious and elegant, and there are two works by Zenon Veronese: Beheading of St. John the Baptist and St. Martin and the three Marys.
Then we find an ancient painting of the Madonna delle Grazie which was once located on the wall of a house near the church and then moved here as a result of a fire.