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Church · Cerreto Sannita (BN)

Church of Santa Maria in Cerreto Sannita

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 304 m
Church of Santa Maria in Cerreto Sannita
Photo: Adam91 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

Cerreto Sannita church known as the Monte dei Morti, with a 1754 portal and a bell tower topped by a yellow and green majolica onion dome.

In the old town of Cerreto Sannita stands the Church of Santa Maria, also known as the Monte dei Morti or the Madonna Assunta. A parish of this name already existed in 1334 in old Cerreto; razed to the ground by the 1688 earthquake, it was rebuilt from 1693 in the new town designed by Giovanni Battista Manni.The sober façade is enhanced by the 1754 portal by Antonio Di Lella, with a marble skull recalling the dedication to the dead. We like the 1733 bell tower, topped by an onion dome in yellow and green majolica. Inside we find the high altar in polychrome marble, canvases by Paolo De Falco, wooden statues and old tombstones in the floor.

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