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Church · Taurano (AV)

Church of San Giovanni del Palco

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 292 m

The Franciscan complex of San Giovanni del Palco, founded in 1396 over the remains of a Roman villa, between Taurano and Lauro.

On the border between Taurano and Lauro stands the convent of San Giovanni del Palco, founded in 1396 by Franciscan friars over the remains of a large Roman villa. Blessed Ludovico da Casoria was also trained here. The church preserves 15th-century frescoes and works attributed to Sebastiano Conca.We are struck by the wooden altar that came from a Neapolitan convent suppressed by the Bourbons to make way for Piazza del Plebiscito. We suggest combining the visit with the nearby Roman villa, which preserves bath rooms and a nymphaeum decorated with glass-paste mosaics: in a single place you can read two thousand years of the history of the Vallo di Lauro.

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