Catholic parish church of St. Sebastian/S. Bistgaun, Dardin

The history In 1643, a chapel with an altar was consecrated in Dardin in honor of St. Sebastian, Rochus and Stephan. A new building was erected at the end of the 17th century. The consecration with three altars took place in 1716. The brothers Carli, Gieri and Giusep Baroggi are assumed to be the masters of the new building. Complete renovation in 1916, new narthex in 1925.

Description of the building

Baroque, south-west-facing, two-bay church without side chapels, with a recessed choir closed on three sides. Both rooms are vaulted with barrel vaults and the choir is adapted to the polygon by a half dome. The lighting is provided by wide square windows in the wall zone and oculi above the main cornice. On the south side of the choir is the sacristy, the basement of which houses the ossuary.

The tower stands on the south side of the nave. The lower sections are part of the old structure. The upper storeys, crowned by an onion-shaped dome, were rebuilt in 1696.

Furnishings

Three wooden altars. The high altar (from 1707) is a two-storey structure with columns and canopies. The altarpiece depicts St. Sebastian between St. Carlo Borromeo and St. Francis. The northern side altar encloses an image of the name of Jesus. The south side altar has a frontispiece image of St. Roch. Carved rococo antependiums on both side altars. The pulpit is a polygonal corpus, second half of the 17th century. A crucifix of strong originality hangs in the ossuary.

Bells: From Gebr. Grasmayr Feldkirch, 1905.

In the Rhaetian Museum in Chur there is a wooden sculpture of an enthroned Mother of God and a casula made of white linen, 17th century.

(Text recorded by: Regiun Surselva)