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Castle · Montella (AV)

Monumental Complex of the Monte

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
  • 794 m
Monumental Complex of the Monte
Photo: Mies me at Italian Wikipedia · Public domain · resized

On Montella's Monte, an Angevin castle, the church of Santa Maria del Monte and a former Franciscan convent enclosed by medieval walls.

In Montella, the monumental complex of the Monte brings together, within late medieval walls, the 16th-century church of Santa Maria del Monte, a former Franciscan convent and the remains of an Angevin castle. The site has Lombard origins: a 6th–7th-century settlement and a 10th-century castle. In 1293 Charles II of Anjou took it and had the cistern and channels built; in 1445 Alfonso the Magnanimous went hunting here.The single-nave church has fine wooden altars and a 13th-century panel of the Madonna of Humility. The convent, built between 1554 and 1586, has a cloister with 17th-century frescoes by Michele Ricciardi. We love the restored medieval kitchen garden, planted with the crops that fed the friars. We suggest booking ahead, as visits are by reservation only.

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