The Church of Santo Stefano di Baiano (AV), also known as the "Santuario", is a place of worship located in Via Leonardo. Built at the beginning of the 16th century as a cemetery chapel, with a single nave, it was initially dedicated to the veneration of San Rocco, San Vito and the Madonna delle Grazie. It was a prodigious event, in 1750, that encouraged the faithful to expand it, raising it and consecrating it to the cult of Santo Stefano, patron saint of Baiano. The architectural structure of read more
The Church of Santo Stefano di Baiano (AV), also known as the "Santuario", is a place of worship located in Via Leonardo. Built at the beginning of the 16th century as a cemetery chapel, with a single nave, it was initially dedicated to the veneration of San Rocco, San Vito and the Madonna delle Grazie. It was a prodigious event, in 1750, that encouraged the faithful to expand it, raising it and consecrating it to the cult of Santo Stefano, patron saint of Baiano. The architectural structure of the Church, located at the foot of the Hermitage of Jesus and Mary, has a basilica plan; two pairs of fluted pilasters, which rest on rectangular bases and end with composite capitals, stand on the sides of the large entrance portal of the façade, surmounted by a lunette on which rests a baroque frieze. Inside, with three naves, the valuable high altar is in polychrome marble; It houses a tombstone dating back to 1756 and an organ case made of ivory, wood and ebony, built between 1900 and 1910. The wooden statue dedicated to the Holy Protomartyr and, on the ceiling, the nineteenth-century painting depicting the Stoning of Saint Stephen stand out. read less
