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Church · Faicchio (BN)

Church of Sant'Andrea in Faicchio

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Sant'Andrea in Faicchio
Photo: Antonio De Capua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

Small 12th-century Romanesque church in the Marafi district of Faicchio, with a tuff façade and reused Roman materials.

In the farming district of Marafi, in Faicchio, stands the Church of Sant'Andrea, also known as Cortesano. It dates back to the 12th century and was built opposite the nearby keep known as Torre Vecchia, in what was a Norman fortified settlement. It was a parish church until 1446, when it passed to the collegiate church of Santa Maria Maggiore.We like its simplicity: a single nave with an apse, a bell gable and a façade of tuff blocks decorated at the top with a diamond pattern. The door jambs are of reused Roman limestone, and next to them you can see a fragment of an ancient olive press. Traces of frescoes remain on the lunette of the side portal. Behind the church, three arches of an annexed building await you.

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