Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

The Church of the Santissima Annunziata of Santo Stefano del Sole (AV) was built in 1698 by the Marquis of S. Stefano in Fonte di Piedicasale and has a parallelogram shape and a vaulted ceiling. It has 2 lateral galleries, used by the marquises to attend religious functions (it was originally a private chapel). It was frescoed with valuable paintings now erased by neglect and time. In the chapel there are statues of the Annunziata and the Archangel Gabriel. In the middle of the terracotta floor read more

The Church of the Santissima Annunziata of Santo Stefano del Sole (AV) was built in 1698 by the Marquis of S. Stefano in Fonte di Piedicasale and has a parallelogram shape and a vaulted ceiling. It has 2 lateral galleries, used by the marquises to attend religious functions (it was originally a private chapel). It was frescoed with valuable paintings now erased by neglect and time. In the chapel there are statues of the Annunziata and the Archangel Gabriel. In the middle of the terracotta floor there are two stone trapdoors, which allow access to the crypt below. In the year 1840, a lay Congregation of the Most Holy Heart of Jesus was established there, now dissolved. read less