The church of Santa Cristina di Pontremoli is documented in 1252 in documents of the Monastery of Venerio del Tino with the title of Santa Cristina and San Salvatore; this title has led to suppose a Benedictine origin; the church depended on the Monastery of San Giorgio di Pontremoli, which in turn depended on the Monastery of Leno. Subsequently it appears in the Collection for the Crusade of 1276 among the normal dependencies of the Pieve di Saliceto.

The sixteenth-century church was demolished in 1670 to be immediately rebuilt; in 1688 the Blessed Sacrament was brought back to the new building and the baptismal font was relocated. In the 18th century it was enriched by the squares by Antonio Contestabili and by four marble altars from the adjacent oratory of S. Lorenzo, now reduced to a private house, which until 1784 was the seat of the Confraternity of San Giovanni Decollato known as Misericordia. Inside, with a basilica plan with three naves, some eighteenth-century paintings are preserved, including the “Transfiguration of Jesus” and the “Martyrdom of Santa Cristina” by Alessandro Gherardini and the “Virgin with purgative souls” by O. Ferrari from Voltri. Among others, to remember, the altar of the Madonna of Loreto, with the Virgin dressed in 17th century clothes. In October 1785 the Parish of San Giacomo was merged into the Parish of Santa Cristina, but the church of Santa Cristina remained. On the counter-faà§ade choir loft there is a pipe organ of the Lombard school from the 19th century.

The church, with a basilica plan and three naves, is illuminated by natural light from the large windows located in the upper part of the central nave and the presbytery. The three naves are delimited by four pillars that recall round arches, which support the long entablatures delimiting the naves.

The front facade, plastered, without decorative elements, faces north-west and has a portal in the center of local sandstone shaped, of modest dimensions. To the right of the portal is a secondary entrance door which leads directly into the right side nave.