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Built by the Carmelites on the site of a previous chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, was consecrated in 1482. lt was abandoned owing to the suppression of the Religious Orders which took place in 1770.
In 1952 the Carmelites were able to return and they restored it to its original state, uncovering the precious frescoes in the process. Today it attracts a constant stream of visitors who are drawn to it because of its artistic importance and through devotion to the amazing statue of the Madonna, Patroness and Queen of the Valtenesi region. The architecture is a pleasing blend of Romanesque gothic and the style typical of the Veneto and Lombardy. There follows a description, starting on the left hand side, of the outstanding series of fifteenth and sixteenth century frescoes.
- in second arcade: Our Lady of Mount Carmel (1487) flanked on either site by St. Albert and St. Angelo.
- In fourth arcade: Polyptych (1473): St. Sebastian struck by two archers, between Saints Lucy, Pope Clement, Gothard and Anthony. On the arch Our Lady with St. Joseph and St. Catherine of Alexandria. On the piliar: a marvellous Ecce homo and Madonna and Child (1 472).
- In presbytery: a large fresco depicting The Carmelite St. Albert, surrounded by medallions of Carmelite saints (1470).
- Choir. Enthroned Madonna and Child. Large Annunciation. In the niche is the ven- erated statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, crowned in 1962 by the Vatican Chapter, between the figures of the prophets Elijah and Elisha. St. Bernard of Siena (1 460).
- Above, on the right in the presbytery, the following inscription: "The dedication of this church is celebrated on 17th January, on the feast of Saint Anthony Abbot, 1482".
- Polyptych which was originally above fresco no. 2, wìth Saints Lucy, Ciement, Sebastian, Gothard, Rocco and Anthony Abbot.
- Polyptych with St. Jerome, St. Leonard of Limoges, patron of prisoners and St. Anthony Abbot.
- Crucifixion in green earth.
- Polyptych with St. Albert and St. Apollonia and the aposties Philip and Jame. On the arch: Madonna with two Carmelite saints.
- The Blessed Trinity with St. Bartholomew and St. Andrew Corsini, Carmelite bishop.
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