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Church · San Giovanni a Piro (SA)

Sanctuary of Maria Santissima di Pietrasanta

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 486 m
Pictured: San Giovanni a Piro · Demis Gallisto from Milano, Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · resized and cropped

Marian sanctuary at about 650 metres above San Giovanni a Piro, built around a Madonna carved into the rock by Basilian monks.

About two kilometres from the centre of San Giovanni a Piro, at 650 metres, the Sanctuary of Pietrasanta looks down over the Gulf of Policastro. Tradition links it to the apparition of the Virgin to two shepherd children by a spring, the Acqua della Manna, still considered miraculous today. Around 1200 Basilian monks carved into the rock a Byzantine-style statue of the Madonna, with the blessing Child on her knees.The small rock chapel was enlarged over time and restored in the 17th and 18th centuries, when altars with wooden statues were added and, in 1755, a marble altar. We suggest walking up the old stone staircase and enjoying the view over the gulf from the forecourt.

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