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Church · Circello (BN)

Church of San Nicola in Circello

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 645 m
Church of San Nicola in Circello
Photo: elparison · CC BY-SA 2.0 · resized

Ancient church at the foot of the rocky spur where Circello was born, linked by tradition to the Norman castle.

The Church of San Nicola is among the oldest places of worship in Circello. It stands at the foot of the rocky spur on which the village's first houses were built, right below the height where the Normans built the castle in the 11th century.We are fascinated by the tradition that a secret passage, now lost, connected it to the castle and allowed the inhabitants to take shelter in times of danger. We recommend visiting it on a stroll through the old village, together with the 13th-century bell tower of the old parish church of San Michele Arcangelo, which survived the 1688 earthquake.

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