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Church · Corleto Monforte (SA)

Church of San Giovanni Battista in Corleto Monforte

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 617 m
Pictured: Corleto Monforte · Liberotag73 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Church in Corleto Monforte with 18th-century apse frescoes and the statue of the Baptist by the sculptor Nicola Masi.

Among the churches of Corleto Monforte, an Alburni village overlooking a ravine, that of San Giovanni Battista stands out for the frescoes and statues of saints decorating its interior. The apse vault is painted with frescoes of remarkable quality made in 1797 by the painter Carmine Natale.We like the story of the statue of the Baptist, the work of the Neapolitan Nicola Masi in 1719, carried to the village on muleback. We suggest visiting Corleto on 24 June for the feast of St John: the procession carries four statues of saints on its shoulders and ends with fireworks over the ravine.

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