The Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Name of God, also known as the Name of Jesus, has a beautiful Baroque façade, preceded by a very characteristic staircase with concentric curves, also Baroque. The structure, adjacent to the Parish Church, was designed by Vanvitelli, who was working in the nearby town of Mercato S. Severino, where he designed the Town Hall.
On the façade you can read: "ARCHICONFRATERNITAS JHS TITULO S.S. NOMINIS DEI A. 1701 INSCRIPTA".
Numerous works of art are kept inside read more
The Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Name of God, also known as the Name of Jesus, has a beautiful Baroque façade, preceded by a very characteristic staircase with concentric curves, also Baroque. The structure, adjacent to the Parish Church, was designed by Vanvitelli, who was working in the nearby town of Mercato S. Severino, where he designed the Town Hall.
On the façade you can read: "ARCHICONFRATERNITAS JHS TITULO S.S. NOMINIS DEI A. 1701 INSCRIPTA".
Numerous works of art are kept inside the Archconfraternity, such as a wooden altar from the 16th century, a worn wooden statue of the Madonna from the 17th century, an 18th century Choir, a fresco on the vault "Trinity with Saints", also from the 18th century (1738) by Antonio Maria Romero, who also painted the "Triumph of the Most Holy Name of Jesus", in the painting on the ceiling of the Sacristy. A recurring architectural element of the Confraternities is the Crypt, which contains the seats on which the deceased belonging to the Confraternity were placed.
Adjacent to the Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Name of God is the Parish Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The extreme simplicity and geometric nature of the façade of the Church, also known as S. Pietro a Resicco (from "Rio secco" or "Riu siccu"), on which one can read "AP PETRO ET PAVLO DICATVM", contrasts strongly with the rougher design of the Bell Tower, with three levels. The Church is documented for the first time in 1309 and was elevated to a Parish in 1511. It was closed in 1810, being by then dilapidated, and masses were celebrated in the adjacent Congregation. The active Parish Priest Fortunato Galliani, in 1844, personally financed the reconstruction, with three naves, of the religious building, with three naves. Inside, the building preserves interesting works of art, such as the statues of Saints Peter and Paul to whom the church is dedicated, a 16th century altar, the carved 18th century choir, the painting of the Holy Family, by Nicola Pepe (1861), which obviously features the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus and St. Joseph reading the Bible, overlooked by angels, two baroque style holy water stoups, on which there is a Latin inscription, from 1350. read less
