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Church · Maiori (SA)

Collegiate Church of Santa Maria a Mare

  • Visit: about 20 min
Collegiate Church of Santa Maria a Mare
Photo: SabineCretella · CC BY-SA 2.5 · resized

Maiori's 12th-century collegiate church, with the statue of the Madonna found by fishermen.

The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria a Mare dates back to the 12th century and dominates the centre of Maiori. In 1505 Pope Julius II raised it to the rank of Distinguished Collegiate Church.Its name comes from a cedarwood statue of the Madonna which, according to tradition, was found in fishermen's nets in the 13th century.

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