Altitude 399 m (1,300 feet). 9,800 inhabitants
It’s made
out of two sections, a modern one and a medieval one
It has
almost always been a feud of the Colonna family
S.
Carlo
St.
Charles
Built in the
years 1615/40
Restored in
the years 1964/67
Stuccos
inside 1672 by Francesco Nuvolone (second half
of the seventeenth century)
VAULT
"Vision of the chariot of fire", DOME "Glory of the Franciscan Order"
and APSE "Glory of St. Charles” late seventeenth century by Angelo Alerii
LEFT TRANSEPT
"Apparition
of the Virgin Mary of Caravaggio" by Giuseppe
Puglia aka Bastaro (about 1600/36)
S.
Stefano
St.
Stephan
1750/77 Nicola Fagioli, a pupil of Luigi Vanvitelli
Paintings above
the altars and in the vault by the Polish artist Tadeusz
Kuntze aka Taddeo il Polacco (1732/93)
Mostra permanente della civiltà
contadina
Permanent exhibition of rural
culture
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