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Church · Rocca San Felice (AV)

Sanctuary of Santa Felicita

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 764 m
Pictured: Rocca San Felice · GDA · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

A sanctuary in the Valle d'Ansanto, next to the Mefite, founded to replace the ancient pagan cult of the goddess Mefitis.

In the Valle d'Ansanto, in the territory of Rocca San Felice, the sanctuary of Santa Felicita stands near the Mefite, a place linked to the cult of the goddess of the same name. Tradition has it that a first church was built in the 4th century precisely to put an end to the pagan cult. Destroyed by the earthquakes of 1688 and 1694, it was rebuilt at the end of the 17th century and took its present form in 1928.On the façade survives an 18th-century stone doorway. The single-nave interior holds a canvas of the Martyrdom of Saint Felicity, dated 1573 and attributed to Ovidio Martino, and a 17th-century polychrome wooden bust of the saint. We suggest also visiting the room next to the church, where the archaeological finds from the area are displayed.

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Archaeological site

Valle d'Ansanto Archaeological Area

La Mefite, lago ribollente di gas citato da Virgilio, antico santuario della dea Mefite nel territorio di Rocca San Felice.

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Rocca San Felice Castle

Su uno sperone a 750 metri, i resti del castello longobardo di Rocca San Felice con il mastio del XII secolo.

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