Precise dates regarding the first construction or even subsequent renovations are not documented. What is certain, however, is that Father Leonetto Chiavona saw it in 1570 and so wrote: “I visited the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, located outside and near the place of Garlate, which men recently rebuilt out of devotion and it is very beautiful; in the past, there was an image of the Blessed Virgin painted on a wall of the old church that was very miraculous, and which was then moved in front of the high altar.”
Presently, upon entering the church, one notices: the oldest fresco on the left wall, depicting the Virgin Mary; the Byzantine-style Virgin Mary at the altar, with the child dressed in a garment from a later period; two polychrome plaster statues, St. Cosmas on the left with a book in hand, and St. Damian on the right with a medical cassette and instruments; the red and black marble balustrade. Additionally, there are two sacristies on either side of the altar, which underwent renovation in 1987.
The church walls are in imitation marble. The vault is frescoed. The pilasters are in imitation marble with stucco capitals. At the centre, on the floor, lies a large tombstone inscribed in Latin: Quod Satis Morituro Hoc Nimis Morto T. DC (God grant what is necessary for the mortal and what is too much for the dead). These tombs belong to the Testori De Capitani family, as indicated by the initials “T. DC.” Outside… in living memory… it was 1832: the time of cholera. Was there a lazaret here? A cemetery? In the early 1900s, recollections mention a left-side portico used to shelter various tools, and… it also served as a refuge for several displaced families.” In 2013, an ancient fresco of uncertain date (1200–1400) was found on the south wall, portraying St. Anthony Abbot alongside a holy bishop.
