Church of Santa Maria Maddalena
The church, of very ancient origins, was annexed to the demolished monastery of the Benedictines that stood in the current Piazza Del Monte; consecrated in 1325, the complex had origins dating back to the thirteenth century. In 1553 the church became the mausoleum of the Sforza family, to house the remains of the family from the church of St. John the Baptist.
Today’s layout is the result of the total eighteenth-century renovation of the church and convent: the project of the church was signed in 1740 by Luigi Vanvitelli, famous architect of the Papal State, author of the Royal Palace of Caserta. The rebuilding of the Maddalena, entrusted by Vanvitelli to his pupil Antonio Rinaldi, ended in 1745.
