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Church of San Nicola di Bari in Chiaiano

  • Visit: about 20 min
Pictured: Napoli · Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Chiaiano church in the old village of Polvica, holding a Roman funerary cippus with a manumission inscription.

In Chiaiano, in the old village of Polvica, the church of San Nicola di Bari holds a surprising find: a Roman cippus discovered in 1960 during restoration work.The inscription, dedicated to Pomponia Saturnina, is interpreted as a record of the freeing of slaves and is considered proof of the village's antiquity. Today we find it at the entrance to the stairs leading up to the bell tower.

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