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Church Place Holyday
Saint Mary Major Old Town
Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Costantinople Old Town Seventh Tuesday after Easter
Church of the 'Ritiro' Old Town
Church of the Rosary Old Town First Sunday in October
St. Francis of Assisi Old Town
St. Charles Borromeo Quattromiglia
Our Lady of Lourdes Marchesino February 11
St. Anthony of Padua Commenda June 13
St. Paul the Apostle San Gennaro June 29
Our Lady of the Consolation Arcavacata Easter Monday
Easter Monday
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some largely Christian cultures, especially Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox cultures...

St. Francis of Paola Surdo last Sunday of May
Trinity Saporito 56 days before Easter
Our lady of Montserrat Quattromiglia Third Sunday in September
Our lady of the Consolation Santo Stefano Last Sunday in August
Virgin of Mercy Pietà (OT) May 3
Our Lady of the Assumption Old Town August 15
St. Anthony Abbot Old Town January 17
St. Roch Rocchi First Sunday in October
Our Lady of the Snow Santa Maria (OT) August 5
St. John the Baptist Commenda
San Francesco da Paola San Janni June 24
Santa Lucia e St. Hippolytus Old Town December 8 and August 14
Jesus Merciful Santo Stefano June 7
St. Augustine Sant'Agostino
St. John Old Town

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  • Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
    Assumption of Mary
    According to the belief of Christians of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life...


The small building rises not far from the old church rebuilt several times and destroyed by a landslide. The old chapel were two columns, which still are the pillars of the new, and a marble bas-relief: the miracle of Saint James in Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Very attractive is also a tempera by Donato Magli portraying Our Lady Assumpts in heaven. During the celebrations still perform ancient games, as the race of sacks, the breaking of pignatte attached to a rope suspended in the air and many others.
  • Church of St. Anthony Abbot
    Anthony the Great
    Anthony the Great or Antony the Great , , also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius , and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers...


Small church located not far from the castle. During the celebrations, it is used to distribute to the faithful small pieces of unleavened bread called "chucchjiddru", in the evening of that day, on the square in front of the building, a bonfire is lit with old furniture and wood for the opportunity.
  • Church of St. Roch
    Roch
    Saint Roch or Rocco ; lived c.1348 - 15/16 August 1376/79 was a Christian saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague...


By this small church for a long time was running the monastery of Saints Peter and Paul. The entrance is covered by a small atrium that is newer than the rest of the building, the interior is very simple with some paintings and two small statues.
  • Church of Our Lady of the Snow

This small church has kept an oil painting of Our lady of the Snow, by Andrea Carino. An exhibit rock indicates the date of its construction in 1609.
  • Church of St. John the Baptist

The land on which the church stands as one of the church of St. Anthony Abbot belonged to the Supreme Military Order of Malta. The building was erected from the abbey-commendatory Giuseppe D'Aquino and inside there is a statue of St. John the Baptist.
  • Church of St. Francis of Paola
    Francis of Paola
    Saint Francis of Paola was an Italian mendicant friar and the founder of the Roman Catholic Order of the Minims.-Biography:...

    (S. Janni)

Immersed in a fresh chestnut holds a sacred relic: a thorn in the crown of Jesus. Inside the building also 2 wooden statues and a picture of the saint.
  • Church of Jesus Merciful
    Sacred Heart
    The Sacred Heart is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity....


The building is located not far from where once held the largest fair of the Municipality. The new building is located on a slightly raised ground and is entrusted to the Dehonians.
  • Church of Saint Lucy
    Saint Lucy
    Saint Lucy , also known as Saint Lucia, was a wealthy young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox Christians. Her feast day in the West is 13 December; with a name derived from lux, lucis "light", she is the patron saint of those who are...

     and St. Hippolytus

The building almost be confused with civil houses that are contiguous to it. A few steps away is classic and simple inside where they kept the statues of St. Lucy and St. Hippolytus
  • Church of Saint Augustine
    Augustine of Hippo
    Augustine of Hippo , also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Blessed Augustine, or St. Augustine the Blessed, was Bishop of Hippo Regius . He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province...


This little building was the first private chapel of the family Spada, once owner of the ridge where the church. Above the altar there is a framework oil depicting the Holy.

Museums

  • Room I: The concept of folklore (summary historic). Ethnic minorities: Italo-Albanesi and Gypsies.
  • Room II: The folk architecture: the house.
  • Room III: The interior lighting systems and sources of heat. Water supply.
  • Room IV: Interiors: cooking and food.
  • Room V: The clothing: morals.
  • Room VI: The domestic activities: spinning, weaving, embroidery. The business: agriculture and pastoralism.
  • Room VII: The handicrafts: jewellery.
  • Room VIII: religious life. Social life. The instruments of popular music.
  • Room IX: Emigration: Calabresi in Canada.
  • The top floor has established a magnificent and interesting gallery entitled to Achille Capizzano works with the same, Mattia Preti, and many other Italian artists.


Museum of the present: The Museum of the Present located in the modern city; eight exhibition halls are developed on an area of 2500 square meters. The museum houses exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, photographic exhibitions, cinema, conferences and book presentations.
The rooms are on two levels:
  • Ground floor, the Tokyo hall and an internet cafe;
  • Upstairs, the 'Laboratory of thoughts' and the 'Belvedere of the arts and sciences'.
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