Religious Places

Castrovillari | Church of San Giuliano and Museum of Sacred Art

Church of San Giuliano – 13th century – houses the homonymous Museum of Sacred Art . At the foot of Colle Lauro in the valley of Cannarossa, which separates it from the hill of Madonna del Castello is the Church of S. Giuliano, dating back to before 1264. It underwent various interventions between the fifteenth century and the first decades of the seventeenth century (1630), with the inclusion of the Synagogue and the Jewish Schola in the plant. Interventions that continued in the following century, also involving the partial reconstruction of the Church ruined by fire in 1789. Outside, on the right, the bell tower derived from an ancient watchtower (14th century). The Renaissance portal bears the date 1568 on the side columns, but the magnificent wooden door must be earlier.

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