Chiesa di San Francesco Borgia
This is a church of the Baroque period, its rectangular form and semicircular apse built from unadorned natural stone. The roof is a simple, functiona…
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This is a church of the Baroque period, its rectangular form and semicircular apse built from unadorned natural stone. The roof is a simple, functiona…
Edificio a basilica tripartita da pilastri con muri perimetrali in pietra naturale, voltate a crociera e a botte, copertura a tetto semplice…
This church is a study in prismatic volumes and measured hierarchy. The central nave rises highest, its pitched roof clear and direct, ending at a sli…
On the Lazio coast, near Rome, the Basilica of Madonna delle Grazie and Santa Maria Goretti in Nettuno stands as a sanctuary under the care of the Pas…
At Siponto’s Chiesa di Santa Maria, the architecture works a quiet sleight of hand. Four massive piers rise from the floor, each crowned with slender …
A Norman cathedral in southern Italy, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta. The type is notable for its synthesis of Latin, Byzantine and Arab architectur…
A medieval church on Via di Santa Maria del Corno, in Rome. It is one of many small, neighbourhood places of worship from that period in the city, oft…
At the foot of the Gran Sasso massif in Abruzzo, this sanctuary is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Italy and Europe. A Vatican ranking pla…
On Monte Poro, 711 metres above sea level, the Santuario Maria SS.ma del Monte Carmelo is a sanctuary that serves as a gathering point for the surroun…
A church of three naves, its façade in the Ionic order, its interior in the Corinthian. The masonry is of plastered stonework; the roof, with its prin…
On a slope between the hills and the sea, the Santuario Basilica San Francesco di Paola rises from a landscape the Frate Minimo himself once chose. Th…
This church presents an octagonal single-nave plan, its longitudinal thrust directed firmly towards the transept and the apsed presbytery. Two freesta…
L'8 dicembre 2013 mons. Vincenzo Bertolone ha elevato la chiesa, in contrada Foresta, a Santuario Parrocchiale con il titolo di "Maria SS.ma della Pie…
The Santuario Basilica di Santa Maria di Monserrato stands in Vallelonga, a modern-era church whose origins reach back to the early Middle Ages. The c…
In the heart of the ancient Sabine territory, at the foot of Monte Acuziano, stands the historic Abbey of Farfa. This church, the core of its monaster…
The Chiesa di San Giacomo is a building of two distinct, stacked parts. The lower organism, dedicated to Santa Margherita, is reached by an external s…
The Chiesa San Giovanni Battista presents a front of rendered stone, its most notable feature a double flight of steps leading to the entrance. This a…
On a rise overlooking southern Reggio Calabria, the church of San Paolo Apostolo, often called San Paolo alla Rotonda, commands a broad view of the ci…
At the heart of the Sacro Monte di Varallo, the basilica of Santa Maria Assunta presides over a landscape that is equal parts art, nature and devotion…
costituita da muratura perimetrale, pilastri, archi e volte in muratura portante…
At the top of a theatrical staircase in Militello in Val di Catania stands the Santuario di Santa Maria della Stella, the town’s principal patronal ch…
Perched on the forested slopes of the Sila, this sanctuary began as a modest oratory. Around 1474, the local university, as the town council was then …
At the foot of the hill of Squillace, beyond the town, the Santuario della Madonna del Ponte stands among olives, oranges, hedges and brambles, with t…
The Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta is a Norman church of the twelfth century, though repeated remodellings have left little of its original fabric visi…
On the summit of Monte Grisa, 350 metres above the sea, stands the Santuario Nazionale a Maria Madre e Regina. This vast concrete church, completed in…
High in the Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, near the headwaters of the Melfa river, stands the Santuario di Maria SS.ma di Canneto. The site has a layered …
The Chiesa di San Giorgio Martire is a church whose plain, sturdy exterior gives little away. Its principal facade, a simple gabled form, faithfully f…
A church in Italy. It is one of many dedicated to Saint Lawrence across the country. The building likely dates from a period when such dedications wer…
This small chapel, the Cappella San Giovanni Battista, presents a deliberately restrained face to the world. Its principal front is designed as an att…
On the southern slope of Monte Taburno, at 570 metres, this Marian sanctuary commands a wide panorama over the Campanian plain. It belongs to the regi…
This is a church of deliberate, almost defensive asymmetry. Its Latin-cross plan and three unequal aisles rest on a rock base, the continuous plastere…
This is a church of the Franciscan order, built, as was common for such foundations, on a simple Latin cross plan. The single nave and transept are su…
On a hill above Bisignano stands the Santuario Diocesano Sant'Umile da Bisignano, a church also known as the "Riforma". It belongs to the parish of Sa…
The Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta is a church of plain-spoken dignity, built to a rectangular plan with three aisles that end in three apses. The …
The Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie began as a modest single-nave hall, but successive restorations have transformed it into a three-aisled church …
On a hilltop in the Basilicata, Tolve’s principal church began as a Norman foundation, its stout stone walls a reminder of that era’s pragmatic piety.…
A medieval church and monastery in Italy, dedicated to St Anthony. The complex is a typical example of the region's monastic architecture from this pe…
On the edge of Piazza Duomo, this cathedral presents a stern, symmetrical face to the world. Its salient façade is divided into three sections, mirror…
The Cathedral of Cosenza, dedicated to the Madonna del Pilerio, is a Renaissance church that serves as the principal sanctuary of the diocese. It was …
The Chiesa dei SS. Pietro e Paolo is a composite structure, a palimpsest of building phases rather than a single, pure statement. Its rectangular, thr…
struttura in muratura portante e colonne. Il campanile costituito da pilastri in cemento armato e tompagnatura in calcestruzzo cementizio…
Il Santuario conserva una reliquia di una Spina, tolta dalla corona posta sul capo di Gesù in croce, donata dalla regina di Francia Giovanna di Valois…
The Cattedrale di San Pardo is a church in Italy. It is a cathedral, a type of Christian church that serves as the seat of a bishop.…
A church in Italy. It is a Franciscan foundation, typical of the mendicant orders that spread across the country from the thirteenth century.…
Duomo di Monza is a church in Monza, Italy. It is a notable example of religious architecture in the region.…
On the summit of Monte Serra, six hundred metres above the Tyrrhenian, stands the diocesan sanctuary of Santa Maria del Monte Serra. This single-nave …
On the Adriatic coast, the Chiesa di Santa Maria a Mare is a compact stone church whose plan is straightforward: a single nave, rectangular, with thre…
On a hillside a kilometre from the centre of San Costantino Albanese, in the province of Potenza, stands the Santuario della Madonna della Stella. Thi…
At first glance, the Chiesa di San Martino presents a curious architectural conversation. Its facade, a late Baroque affair of two distinct levels, is…
This church is a study in architectural palimpsest, where Romanesque bones wear a Baroque dress. The plan is a straightforward three-aisled basilica, …
This is a church in Italy dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi. It is one of many such churches found across the country, typically built in a style t…
The Chiesa di S. Martino Vescovo is a three-aisled church of plastered masonry, oriented east-west on a rectangular plan. Its principal façade is a si…
This church, a Franciscan foundation, is a study in structural deception. Its load-bearing masonry walls are reinforced with pilasters and architraved…
This is a church dedicated to Saint Philip the Apostle, located in Italy. It is one of many Italian churches from the medieval or later period that ho…
A church in Italy dedicated to St Francis of Assisi. It is one of many such foundations across the country, typically built in a style that reflects t…
On a rocky spur in the Italian countryside stands the Chiesa di San Silvestro Papa, a church built to the enduring rhythm of the basilica plan. Its lo…
This small church, oriented east-west on a rectangular plan, occupies a site that dictates the very shape of its façade, which follows the natural slo…
The Church of San Nicola di Bari is a rectangular structure of 270 square metres, divided into three naves with a presbytery, a sacristy behind it, an…
The Duomo di Como is a church in Como, Italy. It is a notable example of Gothic architecture in the Lombardy region.…
On the summit of a wooded hill that dominates the Melandro Valley stands the Santuario Diocesano del SS.mo Crocifisso. This medieval church, perched a…
L'impianto strutturale si presenta tendenzialmente di forma quadrangolare con all'interno il portico quadrangolare e la chiesa a navata unica…
On the rocky spur of Monte San Biagio, where the old fortified settlement of Maratea once stood, this early Christian basilica holds a curious and per…
Chiesa di S. Eufemia is a church in Italy. It is a religious building of a type common across the country, often dedicated to early Christian saints.…
Just across from the church of Sant’Eufemia, the Oratorio dei Bianchi presents a facade that is less a single composition than a palimpsest of frescoe…
Within the medieval walls, the Basilica and former Benedictine Monastery of San Vitale occupies a corner of the city that once held the 'regio domus A…
On a low hillside some four kilometres from Motta San Giovanni, in the contrada Oleandro, stands the church of Santa Maria Assunta, better known as Sa…
A church in the town of Tivoli, east of Rome. It is one of the many medieval churches in the region, often built on earlier Roman or early Christian s…
This is a church dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint John the Baptist, located in Italy. It is a place of Catholic worship, typical of …
The Santuario di San Giovanni Paolo II, in the hamlet of San Pietro della Ienca, is the first sanctuary dedicated to the late pope. This medieval moun…
A church named for Saint Martin stands in Italy. It is a place of Christian worship, likely medieval or later in origin. Many Italian churches bear th…
A church in central Italy, dedicated to San Leoluca. It is a building typical of the region's many medieval ecclesiastical structures, its stone walls…
The Chiesa di San Giuseppe stands oriented to the south-east, its composite plan more intricate than the simple rectangle of many Italian churches. A …
The Santissima Trinità complex in Venosa is a layered palimpsest of sacred history, its stones whispering centuries of devotion. Declared a national m…
In the first half of the 1600s, the city of Cosenza began its solemn annual celebration of the Santissimo Crocifisso, a feast still held every 3 May. …
In the centre of Seminara, the Santuario della Madonna dei Poveri stands as a modest but significant landmark. This is a church with layers of formal …
High on the northern flank of the Pollino massif, at 1,537 metres, the Santuario Diocesano Madonna del Pollino is a sanctuary built for the heights, a…
The Santuario Parrocchiale di Maria SS.ma di Grazie e Consolazione sits in the historic centre of Belvedere Marittimo, occupying the former Convent of…
At 1,520 metres, the Santuario Basilica della Madonna di Pietralba, or Maria Weißenstein, stands alone in the high mountain landscape, a place that fe…
In the historic centre of Giardinello stands the Santuario di Maria SS.ma della Mercede, a church whose origins are as pragmatic as they are pious. Du…
This modern sanctuary, founded in 1960, sits in Gallico Superiore, a place of quiet devotion for the valley below. Within its walls is preserved the i…
The Basilica of Santa Maria del Lauro, a church in Meta, began its life as a parish seat in 1536, though its origins stretch further back into the Byz…
The Abbey of Sant’Antonio di Ranverso presents a church of the Baroque period, its exterior a sturdy, partly plastered brick box. The plan is a curiou…
The Santuario Diocesano di San Donato, protector of Ripacandida, rises from a site with deeper roots: a religious building already listed in a papal b…
costituita da pareti perimetrali, archi e volte in muratura portante…
The church of Santa Maria Assunta alla Sambucina stands in a landscape marked by Norman ambition and Cistercian discipline. This was the first Cisterc…
Rimini is a church in Italy. It is one of many religious buildings from the region's long Christian history.…
A church in Italy. It is a medieval place of worship, likely Romanesque or Gothic in origin, typical of the many small, stone-built churches that dot …
A church in Italy. It is a structure typical of the many ecclesiastical buildings that dot the Italian landscape, often serving as a local centre of w…
The Santuario Diocesano San Francesco di Paola sits near Paterno, a sanctuary built on the story of a saint and a community’s invitation. In the late …
On the right bank of the Lao river, inside the Pollino National Park, the Santuario di Santa Maria di Costantinopoli is pressed against the rock in a …
At the heart of Avigliano, this church dedicated to the Madonna del Carmine was raised to the dignity of a Minor Basilica at the close of 1999, and co…
The Chiesa di San Bartolomeo Apostolo is a church of straightforward dimensions, 57 by 17 metres, with a modest height of ten, divided into three aisl…
struttura voltata, pareti perimetrali portanti e pilastri (forse inglobanti antiche colonne), tra la navata centrale e quelle laterali…
A church in Italy. It is a Catholic place of worship dedicated to a saint. Churches of this type and period are common throughout the Italian landscap…
On the right flank of the abbey palace, the Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta turns its face to the great courtyard, separated from it only by a small par…
In the main courtyard, just past the entrance arch, the Chiesa del Popolo is an awkward customer. Its west-facing facade is pressed so close to the bo…
This is a Renaissance church of basilica plan: three aisles, no transept, and semicircular apses. The central nave is taller and wider than the two si…
In the Albanese enclave of San Cosmo Albanese, this diocesan sanctuary rises from a deep stratum of history. Its roots reach back to an eleventh-centu…
In the rugged landscape of northern Calabria, the Sanctuary of Saint Mary of the Spasimo, also known as the Sanctuary of the Chapels, stands as a sing…
The cemetery religious complex consists of the current church, at the cemetery entrance, and the original ancient chapel, now used as an ossuary. Both…
The Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari presents itself as a sturdy, unadorned presence, its exterior built of irregular stone courses that speak of age and …
On the outskirts of Carini, a modern church rises in honour of a saint whose story is one of the most harrowing of the twentieth century. This sanctua…
On the winding road up from Biella, just before the Santuario della Madonna di Loreto, stands the municipal water reservoir of Graglia. Water is the t…
Above Airola, where the Valle Caudina begins to rise, stands a sanctuary dedicated to Maria SS.ma Addolorata, a place of devotion for the local faithf…
Chiesa di S. Michele de Latinis is a church in Italy. It belongs to a type of medieval ecclesiastical building common across the Italian peninsula, of…
In the rural landscape of Basilicata, a small church built in 1955 by the land-reform authority has been given a new life. Originally serving the pari…
In the hilltop town of San Chirico Raparo, the parish church of Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo has long been a quiet keeper of relics. Among them, the …
San Giacomo Apostolo is a Norman church in Italy. It is one of many such structures from that period, built following the Norman conquest of southern …
On the slopes of Monte Giove, in the comune of Mesoraca, stands a Franciscan convent. Juridically dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie, it is better …
At 1,725 metres, this sanctuary occupies a high, improbable perch in the Parco Nazionale dell’Appennino Lucano, a dozen kilometres from Viggiano. The …
A church dedicated to Sant'Apollinare in Castelpagano. It is a rural church in the Italian region. Churches of this period in Italy often served as bo…
A former church and convent in the Renaissance style, located in Italy. This type of religious complex was common across the peninsula, often serving …
Ex Oratorio di S. Antonio Vecchio is a former church in Italy. It belongs to a period and denomination not specified here. Many such small oratories i…
High on Monte Faito, the Santuario di San Michele Arcangelo commands a 1,443-metre summit of the Monti Lattari, a place once called Monte Aureo, or Mo…
The Santuario della Madonna della Brughiera is not one church but two: the Chiesa Antica and the Chiesa Grande, built without the benefit of a carriag…
At the foot of the Lattari mountains, this basilica was built around a far humbler beginning: a small chapel dedicated to San Domenico, raised by Sant…
This is a church of three aisles, its west front a simple, gabled affair topped by a sail-like crown. The bell-tower, by contrast, sports an unusual, …
On a spur of Monte La Mula, at about six hundred metres, the Santuario Basilica Maria SS.ma Incoronata del Pettoruto perches among the Pollino massif.…
The Chiesa di San Leone is a Byzantine church built on a basilica plan, with three aisles divided by columns. Inside, it measures 33 metres long and 2…
In the heart of the Serre Calabresi, this diocesan Marian sanctuary rises with a Baroque dignity that feels both remote and intensely local. The origi…
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