The erection of the chapel, commissioned by the community of Chiavazza, begun shortly after 1620 and ended approximately in 1640. The dates written on the walls are therefore inaccurate. The chapel presents a rectangular plan with a graceful porch in the front, whose gable is sustained by a Serliana arch. The latter solution is similar to that adopted for the chapel of the ‘Nascita di Gesù’, although the chapel of the ‘Sposalizio di Maria’ seems a lighter and more refined version of it. The stonework, the cornice on the upper level of the edifice, whose profile is similar to that of the chapel of the ‘Visitazione’, the porch cut in well-squared blocks, the trabeation, the richly adorned columns and basements, the window and door cornices, all these elements are of particular worth. The stone used to erect the chapel was extracted in the nearby caves of Favaro and worked by local stonemasons. The interior is covered by a barrel vault; the staircase, whose dimensions are almost level with that of the edifice, draws the eye to the sculpted figures placed on the upper level.

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