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On the afternoon of 2 May 2025, having completed my exploration of Zogno, I took the cycle-pedestrian path toward the true objective of that journey: the territory of Ubiale Clanezzo.
Roughly halfway along the route, however, I noticed a church of rather sombre appearance, positioned above road level almost as if it were a castle designed to dominate the surrounding territory.

At that point, I decided to «pause» the walk and investigate the place to which this fortress-like ecclesiastical structure belonged. The church in question turned out to be the parish church of Sedrina, built in the fifteenth century and dedicated to Saint James. The façade is less gloomy than the initial silhouette suggested, while the interior remains unknown to me: a priest was inside explaining something to a group of children, and I considered that the presence of a bearded man with a camera might be open to unfortunate misinterpretation.

I therefore resolved to determine whether the village contained anything else of interest. I did not apply myself with excessive zeal, but I suspect that in a settlement of this size it would be rather difficult to overlook anything genuinely remarkable. In Sedrina, I encountered only a few old buildings of modest — though not negligible — interest.

The modern architecture is somewhat unattractive. Or perhaps merely poorly maintained? One hesitates to accuse.

The most interesting architectural detail in Sedrina is probably this coat of arms embedded in the pavement like a contemporary mosaic.

If the local architecture does not astonish, perhaps other aspects might? Public services, for instance? It depends. The potable water dispenser is undoubtedly useful in areas frequented by pedestrians; yet Sedrina’s appears to be fee-based (equipped with coin and card mechanisms) and, at the same time, displays no indication whatsoever of the prices — only instructions for use. I refrained from experimentation.

More commendable is the public bicycle pump. I had never previously encountered such a thing, and from the exclamation of a passing local inhabitant I gathered that even in Sedrina it is a relatively recent innovation.

And that, essentially, was all. Having failed to detect anything further of note, I resumed my walk toward other destinations. Should anyone inform me of additional beauties in Sedrina, however, I shall gladly return to inspect them.