Dossena is one of the most ancient localities of the Brembana Valley, the same way as its church, which was the first baptismal church of the Brembo territory.
Today, there is nothing left of the early church, in fact, the one that exists today has been set in the 18th century.
The Arcipresbiterale Church of Dossena is comparable to a gallery by number of artworks that conserves, such as Martyrdom by S. John Baptist and S. Rocco with two Saints, by Paolo Veronese (XVI century), Polyptych of Jesus` Baptism (uncertain attribution to Palma il Vecchio, Francesco Rizzo from Santa Croce or followers) and paintings of Carlo Ceresa and Pieter Paul Rubens, to name just a few.
The importance of artistic heritage is underlined by an epigraph that reminds how people from Dossena, despite famine and pestilence, have always been protecting it and preserving it.