Mausoleo Faccanoni, Eclectic mausoleum in Sarnico, Italy

The Mausoleo Faccanoni is a funerary complex added to Sarnico's cemetery in 1907, designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga. A wide staircase leads to the funeral aedicula, which contains a crypt with 34 columbarium niches and the Faccanoni family monument; above the crypt, a chapel for religious services is reached by two side staircases. Low exedra-shaped buildings connect it to the old cemetery: a chapel for the clergy on the left and a new mortuary on the right.

The structure was built in 1907 after a commission from the Faccanoni family and designed by architect Giuseppe Sommaruga. Sommaruga was a leading figure shaping the architectural development of Sarnico during that period.

The Faccanoni brothers funded the mausoleum to replace Sarnico's small cemetery church and mortuary, adding a new chapel, a clergy chapel and a children's burial area. The head of Christ above the crypt monument is by the sculptor Astolfi, and the putti on top are by Ambrogio Pirovano. General Alberico Albricci and his wife lie in the upper part.

Access to the mausoleum is from the cemetery of Sarnico, which the Faccanoni family enlarged with an adjacent plot, adding an area for children's burials. A wide staircase leads up to the funeral shrine; the chapel above is reached by two side staircases. The low exedra buildings flanking it hold the clergy chapel on the left and the mortuary room on the right.

The entire structure was built from local materials such as Sarizzo from Val Seriana, Ceppo di Brembate, and Sarnico stone for different elements. These regional stones shape its visual character and connect it to the area.