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Church · Paternopoli (AV)

Church of San Nicola di Bari in Paternopoli

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 480 m
Pictured: Paternopoli · Effems · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized and cropped

Paternopoli's mother church, now the sanctuary of the Consolazione, with an imposing bell tower and the Holy Stairs.

The mother church of San Nicola in Paternopoli is now known as the sanctuary of Maria Santissima della Consolazione. Its imposing bell tower dominates the village skyline. At the end of the 16th century a confraternity devoted to the Virgin of Consolation was founded here, a cult that survived even the plague of 1656.Next to the church are the Holy Stairs (Scala Santa), a much-loved place of devotion and pilgrimage. We like to visit between May and June, when the year's main religious celebrations take place. We suggest climbing the stairs slowly and then stopping in the square to soak up the atmosphere of the historic centre.

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