Church of Saint Leonardo or Church Madre (XIII-XVII century)
Church of Saint Leonardo or Church Madre (XIII-XVII century)
It was built in the thirteenth century in the vicinity of the main gate of the fortified walls of the Castle. The fortified walls were built to defend the town against the incursions of the barbarians and neighbouring countries. On the church door, after the plague of 1656 a statue of St. Michael the Archangel was placed because he protected the town from this disease. Its bell tower, without artistic pretensions, is dated 1709. The church has now two naves; in 1909 it was joined to the main nave another nave with altars of St. Lawrence, the Virgin of the Carmelo (transferred from the main nave) and the new altar of St. John the Baptist, patron of the town, and the baptismal font. In the main nave you can admire the truss vault and at the sides, altars dedicated to St. Joseph, St. Leonard Abbot, St. Michael the Archangel, Heart of Jesus (Oil Canvas realised by Natale Penati), and the Immaculate Conception. In the church a historic and precious organ dating back to 1694 is preserved and even a silver reliquary, after its discovery by Police of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit; it is a precious reliquary containing fragments of the Holy Cross, disappeared in the seventies. The cross in silver plated with gold and with crystals of stone, dates back between the twelfth and the thirteenth centuries and it is a valuable example of ecclesiastical furniture created by western craftsmen. Work bears the inscription “Lionardo the archpriest”.
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