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Longobucco and the Church of Santa Maria ...

  • Via Roma, 58, 87066 Longobucco CS, Italia
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Luoghi religiosi
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Church of St. Mary Magdalene. Annexed to the convent, it is also in baroque style. The beautiful portal has friezes probably of Byzantine origin. The interior opens on two naves and contains valuable frescoes and some works of interesting artistic value, such as a column of the sixteenth century, pulpit and confessional of 1775 inlaid wood, several wooden statues depicting Mary, some saints and Jesus, of 1700 and, on the high altar, a wooden crucifix of Neapolitan workmanship of 1824. A popular legend says that, as soon as the crucifix was finished, the sculptors heard the voice of Christ asking them: "Where did you see me to make me so beautiful?". In the side chapels there is a precious tabernacle made of inlaid wood and an asyline cross with loin ends, painted with figures and drawings, probably from the 15th century.

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