Chiesa di Sant'Ippolisto Martire

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History

Over the centuries, the Church has been restructured and modified several times, but has a sixteenth-century architectural structure, since it was built in the sixteenth century on a pre-existing paleo-Christian basilica, and before the 1980 earthquake, which seriously damaged it, it still had the appearance that had been given to it with the restoration carried out in 1852. Today, the religious building has a facade in Romanesque style, in stone in the lower part and in black tuff in the upper read more

Over the centuries, the Church has been restructured and modified several times, but has a sixteenth-century architectural structure, since it was built in the sixteenth century on a pre-existing paleo-Christian basilica, and before the 1980 earthquake, which seriously damaged it, it still had the appearance that had been given to it with the restoration carried out in 1852. Today, the religious building has a facade in Romanesque style, in stone in the lower part and in black tuff in the upper part, where there are two niches, sides of a large window, in which the statues of San Sabino and Sant'Ippolisto are located. Among the works present in the Church, the canvas of the "Martyrdom of Sant'Ippolisto" by the Neapolitan painter Nicola La Volpe (1803-1876) stands out, a valuable artistic work that contributes to further validate the artistic value of this place of worship. Religious symbol of the Atripaldese community, the Church of Sant'Ippolisto Martire represents the link between the paleo-Christian civilization and the modern one. read less