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Church · Montesarchio (BN)

Church of San Nicola in Montesarchio

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 391 m

Church of medieval origin in Montesarchio's old town, with a late Romanesque bell tower and a Deposition by Giovanni Bernardo Lama.

In the old heart of Montesarchio, between the fortified acropolis and the Latovetere quarter, stands the Church of San Nicola. The present building dates from the 13th century, as the two-light windows of the late Romanesque bell tower reveal, but it underwent additions in the Aragonese period, such as the Renaissance portal, and took on its current appearance in the 17th century, according to inscriptions of 1613–1615.The two-aisled interior, of 18th-century layout, preserves at its centre the old Romanesque arch, a wooden pulpit and carved pilasters. We recommend looking for the Mannerist altarpiece of the Deposition of Christ by Giovanni Bernardo Lama, the polychrome marble altar with the Baroque statue of the saint and a Roman stone set into a pillar, perhaps from ancient Caudium.

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