CLICK HERE to see the video Along the old sheep trail which runs through Raiano, and in front of an resplendent square, today we find the convent complex of the “Zoccolanti”, founded in the early decades of the 18th century to accommodate the friars of the Minor Reformed Friars. The facade is marked by five round arches: three central arches, marked by pilasters and...

The small building with a single hall is adjacent to a residential building, dating from the second half of the 18th century, that has been inserted into the rear of the church. The church has an 18th century façade with a gabled, curvilinear, stone portal and an elliptical oculus at the top.  Higher up, there is a small niche with a single bell. A high cornice with stucco ledges, which also...

The small church has a single hall and is characterised by the elegance of the architectural elements and of the decorative facade. The simple rectangular church front, topped by a small belfry, is enhanced by the main entrance featuring a tympanum with a curved profile.  It is topped by a Baroque scrolled pediment with a central shell and has a sculptural group of the heads of two winged...

“Julius Caesar had to take Corfinio where his enemy had taken refuge….”  The Roman commander, before the battle, made a vow to the Madonna telling her that if he were able to enter Corfinio, he would build her a church.  After a bloody battle, Corfinio was taken and his enemy had to flee.  Then, Caesar, faithful to his word, had the church built immediately.” This little known and...

Originally on the edge of the sheep trail, and later incorporated in the Santa Maria district, the little church of Madonna delle Grazie, renovated during the course of centuries past, retains numerous traces of its ancient origins. The facade, whose re-used stone slabs date back to the 15th century, is typical of a small country church with its two windows and main door, and as usual, located...

Dove sorgeva una primitiva chiesa dalla tipica struttura quattrocentesca, «non degna – come ricordava il Destephanis – di rappresentare la Casa del Signore», a metà ’800 fu ricostruita la Parrocchiale. La semplice facciata in stucco, grandiosa nelle proporzioni, fu completata negli anni ’20 del Novecento. Colpisce, per la massiccia mole, il campanile settecentesco, privato della cuspide dopo il...

A stone which records the laying of the first stone, dates back to the convent’s foundation on the 6th December 1642. Four years later, as inscribed over the door, the building of the adjacent church of Saint Andrew was completed. After having been absolved of various functions over the past decades, the complex is now an old people’s home. and furthermore…. The church’s interior, although...