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Church · Benevento (BN)

Church of Santa Maria della Verità in Benevento

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Santa Maria della Verità in Benevento
Photo: Decan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

In Benevento's Triggio district, the 18th-century church built over the ruins of the Roman theatre by Cardinal Banditi.

On Piazza Caio Ponzio Telesino, in the Triggio district, the church of Santa Maria della Verità occupies a special position: it stands over the ruins of Benevento's Roman theatre, making use of its ancient structures. It was built in 1782 by Cardinal Francesco Maria Banditi, archbishop of the city, and some still call it the "new parish".On the church we suggest looking for the cardinal's coat of arms and the plaque recording its consecration in 1782, next to a Latin inscription recalling an earlier church of San Giacomo, destroyed by two earthquakes. The building has been restored several times, after war damage and the 1980 earthquake. We like to pair it with a visit to the nearby Roman theatre.

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