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The church of Sante Faustina and Liberata dates back to the early 1600s, built on a previous place of medieval worship dating back to the 12th century. The vault is frescoed and the main altarpiece depicts the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven, the author of which is unknown (perhaps Palma the Younger or Lorenzo Marbello) but of a certain value. Remarkable is the wooden frontal, which dates back to the 18th century. Next to the church of the Saints there are structures, belonging to the previous Romanesque sacred building, with fragments of frescoes and with a boulder on which the hands of three people are engraved. According to tradition, the hands belong to Faustina, Liberata and San Marcello, who saved the town below by stopping it with their strength, inspired by God. It’s not possible to trace back the time of the engraving. The church of the Saints is however located a short distance from the Naquane National Archaeological Park, the first park established within the Unesco site on cave art in the Camonica Valley