Religious Places

Church of San Giusto in San Maroto

n the hamlet of San Maroto stands the Church of San Giusto which was founded between the 11th and 12th centuries and is considered one of the most important Romanesque monuments in the region. Its peculiar architecture with a circular plan, clearly of Roman-Byzantine derivation, with four lateral apses and surmounted by a dome built without supporting ribs (support structure), was the subject of international studies, so much so that it is assumed that workers from the East, and in particular from Syria, worked on its construction. Inside, with a central plan, there are frescoes and panels dating back to between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and a processional cross from the first half of the sixteenth century made by the goldsmith Tobia da Camerino. There is also a panel painting depicting the Madonna of the Rosary attributed to Venanzo da Camerino and a Madonna on the Throne with Child from the second half of the 13th century. The bell tower, built later together with the sacristy, preserves frescoes dating back to the end of the fourteenth century.

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