Monday, November 16, 2020

PONZANO ROMANO

Altitude 205 m (670 feet). 1,100 inhabitants

It is located in a panoramic position between the valley of the River Tiber and Mount Soratte

The city center still has the medieval layout

S. Nicola di Bari

St. Nicholas of Bari

It is a medieval church but it was rebuilt in the eighteenth century

Here are kept some artifacts from the nearby Abbey of St. Andrew in Flumine

Abbazia di S. Andrea in Flumine

Abbey of St. Andrew in Flumine

2 km northwest of Ponzano

It was mentioned for the first time in the sources in 762

It was abandoned in the eighteenth century

Restored in 1959 and 2004

Marble floor in Cosmatesque style

Three naves with irregular layout and unusual jubè, an architectural element consisting of an inner porch topped by a gallery that separates the nave from the presbytery

Frescoes on the walls dating back to eighth/ninth century and fifteenth/sixteenth century

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