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== Monuments and places of interest == Buildings of interest in the municipality of Adro:<ref name = "comune" /> === Religious architectures === [[File:Chiesa di S Giovanni Battista e Torre - Adro (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg|thumb|[[:it:Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Adro)|Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista]]]] * Bargnani church. * [[:it:Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Adro)|Chiesa parrocchiale di San Giovanni Battista]]: whose construction was completed in 1769 and saw the ten-year commitment of the local population in its realization. It is located in the center of the town, facing the square decorated with a fountain from the Vantini period. Inside there is a triptych from the Romanino school (16th-century) and presents decorations with eighteenth-century stuccoes. The main altar is the work of Andrea Fantoni and other artists in his workshop. * Church of Santa Maria in Favento: 15th century with frescoes from 15th and 16th century, restored in 1962. * Church of Santa Maria Assunta: built in the 16th century on the hill in the ancient castle, it was parish until the current parish church was built, while today it serves as a cemetery chapel. Equipped with large [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style bays, it has the entrances on the northern side and a staircase protected by a trussed arcade. * Sanctuary of the Madonna della Neve: built in Eighteenth century on a project by the abbot [[Gaspare Turbini]] It is a building with a central plan in octagonal shape with a dome.<ref name=mazza1986p208 /> === Civil architectures === * Palazzo Bargnani-Dandolo: built by the Bargnani family in 17th century. It was inherited by the Dandolo family and is currently the seat of the Town Hall.<ref name=mazza1986p208 /> In front of the palace bust of the countess Ermellina Maselli Dandolo by the sculptor Emilio Magoni. In the hall of the municipal council there is a portrait of the nobleman Gaetano Bargnani painted by Pitocchetto. * Villa De Riva: built by the architect Antonio Tagliaferri at the end of the 19th century.<ref name=mazza1986p208 /> [[File:Porta castello - Adro (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg|thumb|Castle gate]] === Military architectures === * Tower: in bare stone, with Ghibelline battlements and a terragonal plan, which with the ancient castle was part of the medieval defensive system of the town. * Castle: it was built on the slopes of the mountain, where there is the cemetery, between the 13th and 14th century. As of 2013, only the fourteenth-century entrance to the drawbridge remains.<ref name=mazza1986p208 /> In the cemetery, Vincenzo Vela's Bargnani-Dandolo grave (19th century).
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