Santa Maria del Mazzaro, Minor basilica in Mazzarino, Italy.

Santa Maria del Mazzaro is a late-Baroque church in Mazzarino, designed in 1739 by the Syracuse architect Natale Bonajuto, called "Santuccio". Its pale tan ashlar facade is symmetrical, with a wide central doorway and two smaller side doors beneath arched pediments, a large rectangular window framed by paired pilasters and a scrolled cornice, and a bell tower holding bells and topped by a cross.

The current structure began construction in 1739 based on designs by architect Natale Bonajuto, replacing earlier buildings destroyed in the 1693 earthquake. The basilica represents one of many rebuilding projects that reshaped towns across southern Italy following this natural disaster.

The Byzantine icon of the Virgin discovered in 1125 remains the focus of religious devotion at this basilica and draws local pilgrims regularly. This sacred image shapes how the community gathers for prayer and religious celebrations throughout the year.

The basilica stands at the northeastern end of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, in Mazzarino's historic centre. The facade faces the street, so the entrance is reached directly from the corso; the interior is divided into three naves by ten arches on square pillars. Look for the plaque at the entrance recording the 1154 consecration of the earlier church.

The venerated image is a painted panel in Byzantine style showing the Virgin of Graces between Saints Agatha and Lucia, found on 16 September 1125 with a carved wooden crucifix and a lit votive lamp. Local tradition holds they were buried to save them from Leo III's iconoclast edict of 726.