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Church of Santa Maria del Pozzo

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santa Maria del Pozzo
Photo: Andrea Zucco · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

Barra church born from a medieval votive chapel beside a well, with a large 16th-century dome.

In Barra, the church of Santa Maria del Pozzo probably grew from a medieval votive chapel built to ask the Madonna to protect a well, vital to the life of the farming community.The style is rustic Renaissance, with many later alterations. We notice the large 16th-century dome, meant to be seen from all the surrounding countryside, and the 19th-century choir on columns at the entrance.

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