Church
Church of San Nicola dei Frecentese in Sarno
Piccola cappella gentilizia documentata dal 1532 nel quartiere Tabellara, cuore della Sarno medievale.
Sanctuary · Sarno (SA)
Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foce in Sarno
- Visit: about 40 min
Sanctuary near the springs of the Sarno, destination of the mid-August pilgrimage, with a medieval crypt frescoed in the 14th century.
Near the springs of the Sarno, along the so-called Pilgrims' Way, stands the sanctuary of the Madonna di Foce, a sacred place since antiquity and still today the destination of the people of Sarno's pilgrimage on Ferragosto (15 August). The present church replaced a building from 1520: it was begun after the eruption of 1631 and consecrated in 1720, with a sober façade inspired by that of the cathedral in Episcopio.The bell tower, rebuilt after the war, recalls that of St Mark's in Venice. Inside, we recommend looking at the high altar of 1720 and above all going down into the hypogeum, to the left of the entrance: it is the only surviving part of the medieval complex and holds 14th-century frescoes and the presumed tomb of the warrior Walter of Brienne.
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