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Chiesa dell’Addolorata di Monteleone di Puglia

Almost in front of the Church of San Giovanni stands the much smaller Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.

The place

The church, built in 1716, was the seat of the homonymous Brotherhood.


The façade is simple and in grey stone with regular rectangular blocks, interrupted only by the portal with an Ionic temple , the oculus with the high relief of the virgin and the inscription "Dolurum Virgini"dated 1936, the year in which the building was restored.

The interior has a single nave which is accessed through a small endonarthex consisting of three round arches and on which rests a beautiful pipe organ. Its walls contain several statues of saints, the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows and a beautiful wooden crucifix.

The church has a historical archive where it is documented the institution directed by King Charles III of Anjou. The archive also retains a statute listing the rights and duties of the congregations; over the years and with the change in government the coven remained, but the regulation was modified according to the times and still exists today.




Location

Corso Umberto I, Monteleone di Puglia

The village

Monteleone di Puglia

The village of Monteleone di Puglia stands out over Puglia: with its 850 meters a.s.l. it is the highest municipality in the Region.

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