The first stone for the construction of the church of SS. Rosario was placed on April 2, 1933 on the remains of the pre-existing church of the Annunziata, seriously damaged by the earthquake of July 1930.
The Church was designed by Eng. Head of the Provincial Technical Office, comm. Domenicantonio Mazzei in a gothic/neo-romantic style to get away from the twentieth century style and the strangeness of the futuristic style.
On the façade, in the lunette above the central door, we can admire a b read more
The first stone for the construction of the church of SS. Rosario was placed on April 2, 1933 on the remains of the pre-existing church of the Annunziata, seriously damaged by the earthquake of July 1930.
The Church was designed by Eng. Head of the Provincial Technical Office, comm. Domenicantonio Mazzei in a gothic/neo-romantic style to get away from the twentieth century style and the strangeness of the futuristic style.
On the façade, in the lunette above the central door, we can admire a beautiful painting with a golden background and, above the rose window, a frieze with a coat of arms and the inscription SPLENDET AB EFFUSIS.
The Church of the SS. Mo Rosario was established as a new parish on Sunday 9 August 1942 by the bishop of Avellino, mons. Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, in the presence of all the major administrative, political and military city authorities, and entrusted to the Fathers of the Order of Preachers, who returned to Avellino after 136 years, welcomed by the lively enthusiasm of the faithful.
Inside the church stands out the high altar built in Gothic style, with polychrome marble and alabaster, designed by Eng. Vincenzo Gallasso by the sculptor Domenico Stasi. The altar is surmounted by the most faithful copy of the painting of the Madonna del SS. Rosary of Pompeii, the work of the Abruzzese master Carlo Verdecchia, whose pure gold frame was made by the craftsman Salvatore Antonucci of Atripalda. The icon presents the image of the Blessed Virgin enthroned with Jesus in her arms; at her feet, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena. The Virgin holds the rosary in her left hand which she offers to Saint Catherine, while Jesus, resting on her right leg, hands it to Saint Dominic. read less
