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Church · San Pietro al Tanagro (SA)

Church of Santa Maria del Piano in San Pietro al Tanagro

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 456 m
Pictured: San Pietro al Tanagro · Giovanny95 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

A 15th-century church with an old Franciscan convent on the edge of the historic centre, linked to a Marian devotion still deeply felt.

On the edge of the historic centre of San Pietro al Tanagro stands Santa Maria del Piano, a church already existing in the 15th century together with its convent. The image of the Madonna bears witness to this, with a bas-relief of angels lined up at her feet. The Franciscan emblem carved on the keystone of the portal, with two arms crossed over the cross, recalls the order that lived here until the suppression ordered by the French in 1809.Since then the complex and church have passed into private hands, but devotion to this Virgin has never faded. Inside we recommend looking at the painted 18th-century wooden altar, flanked by two frescoes, with the statue of the Madonna fixed in the niche; the white stone slab that stands out on the terracotta floor is also striking.

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