Choose language:    
           Home >> Territorio - Da vedere -Details
Da vedere

Sacred Sites and architecture in Valnerina




Chiesa di San Vito


Fraz. Agriano - Norcia

More informations

Ufficio informazioni di Cascia
Piazza Garibaldi 1
Tel.: 0743.71147 - Fax: 0743.76630
Email: info@lavalnerina.it 

Description

The solitary parish Church of San Vito, in the hamlet of Agriano, rises alongside the Norcia - Avendita - Cascia road. It was once the church of the mediaeval monastic cell handed over to the abbeys of Farfa and St. Eutizio.

The door opening on the simple, 16th century façade dates back to 1656. A memorial plaque at the foot of the belfry is in remembrance of the disastrous earthquake of 1703 which destroyed Norcia and Cascia, but not Agriano, thanks to the divine intervention attributed to St. Ponziano.

The interior consists of a single hall decorated with seven Baroque wooden altars bearing outstanding works by well-known Roman painters of the period, and a flat ceiling painted with architectural views, depicting our Lady of the Assumption in the centre with St Nicola and St. Vito. The two left-hand altars show the Crucifixion and the mourners by Giacomo Brandi, and a Madonna and Child with Saint Francis and Saint Antonio of Padova, also attributed to Giacomo Brandi.  The main altar is adorned with a beautifully curved painting by Stefano Pozzi within a wooden screen with extending wings. The altars dedicated to the abbot St Antonio, to the Madonna del Rosario, to the Madonna and Child and the Saints John the Baptist and Antonio of Padova stand along the right-hand wall.

Near the entrance we find a baptismal font with a 16th century basin, surmounted by a little wooden shrine. There is a large painting on the wall depicting the Ecstasy of St. Filippo Neri.



Getting there

To find driving directions, please see the Google map on the right.

Fotogallery

Church of San Vito - Agriano - Norcia
Church of San Vito - Agriano - Norcia
Church of San Vito - Agriano - Norcia
Church of San Vito - Agriano - Norcia
Stefano Pozzi (1761), Gloria del Paradiso, Chiesa di San Vito, Agriano, Norcia
Church of San Vito - Agriano - Norcia
Pittore del sec. XVIII, Crocifissione, Chiesa di San Vito, Agriano di Norcia
Church of San Vito - Agriano - Norcia
Church of San Vito - Agriano - Norcia


Visualizza Chiesa di San Vito in una mappa di dimensioni maggiori

Request information

Name: Surname:
E-mail: Phone:
Note:
Secure code:
Verify code:
Agree
Not Agree
Send
Home | Contact us | Legal & Privacy
© 2008-2011 La Valneria - All rights reserved

Youtube
Design e communications
Altra | via - Key Associati

RSS