Santa Maria Maggiore, Alatri

The church features a pointed facade with a central rose window and three portals adorned with frescoed lunettes from the early 14th century.

Founded in the 5th century upon ruins of a Venus temple, Santa Maria Maggiore received Romanesque renovations and Gothic additions during the 13th century.

The interior contains the Madonna of Constantinople wooden sculpture, a 13th-century polyptych, and the late-Gothic Triptych of the Redeemer by Antonio di Alatri.

The church structure includes a nave and two aisles divided by pillars, with a bell tower added in 1394 under Pope Boniface IX.

The bell tower originally had a cusp-like top and statue of St John the Baptist, both destroyed during an earthquake in 1654.

Location: Alatri

Architectural style: Romanesque architecture

GPS coordinates: 41.72616,13.34216

Latest update: March 23, 2025 04:51