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Chiesa del SS Salvatore di Castelluccio dei Sauri

The church of the SS Salvatore dates back to the 18th-19th century.

The place

Most likely the church stands on the ruins (still visible in the '700) the Greek rite church dedicated to San Giorgio and destroyed in 1539 by the Viceroy of Naples Pietro di Toledo along with the entire Castelluccio degli Schiavi to punish the inhabitants of the village for their violent raids. In 1570 the Bishop of Bovino, Giandomenico d'Anna, suppressed in the entire territory of the Diocese the celebrations of worship in Orthodox rite, for which he renounced the reconstruction of the church. Diocesan documents attest that in 1685 there was already a small church dedicated to SS. Salvatore, which would correspond to the present chapel of San Gerardo, adjacent to the church.

At the end of the 18th century it was built next to the first church of SS. Salvatore, the new larger and more welcoming church, and so the new building was dedicated to the SS Salvatore and the existing one to S. Gerardo Maiella. The building is of a unique simplicity. The exterior has a facade in continuity with the adjacent chapel; the two bodies are however clearly identifiable, thanks to different shapes and heights. The interior has a single nave with a lunettes vault, with sober baroque style decorations.




Location

Vico Chiesa, Castelluccio dei Sauri

The village

Castelluccio dei Sauri

Castelluccio dei Sauri seems to have very ancient origins testified by the numerous archaeological finds of pre-Roman age recovered in the surrounding territory.

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