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Crypt of Our Lady of the Banner

What to see in Tricase, Lecce, Apulia, Salento


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Located in Sant'Eufemia district, The Rock Church of Our Lady of the Banner was dug in the tufa bank between IX and XI century, constituting for centuries a safe haven and an important place of worship. The settlement was born as a monastery ("Laura"), built by the Basilian monks, to keep running the sacred worship during the religious persecutions. Subsequently became a grancia (farm-Convent), dependent on the Abbey of St. Mary of the Myth.

The structure is articulated around a central compartment square, visible from the outside by a raised with a bell gable. Herein lies a small baroque altar with the fresco of the Virgin with the Child. The compartments of the Hypogeum, repeatedly reorganised in the centuries, are supported by nineteen octagonal columns.

Along the walls remain traces of frescoes survivors. Near the entrance there is a Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John. The north wall maintains the largest number of frescoes arranged in two different layers are ascribable to the XVI century approximately. The bottom layer, in addition to the two female figures, is represented probably the death of San Bonaventura, which occurred in the course of the Second Council of Lyons in 1274.

  • SP184, rione Sant’Eufemia, Tricase (Lecce)
  • Religious location
  • Monument /attraction

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Events

from
sunday
25
december, 2022
to saturday 6 january 2024

Living Nativity of Tricase

sunday
16
april, 2023

Fair of Our Lady of Graces, Tutino district

tuesday
13
june, 2023

Feast of Sant'Antonio

wednesday
21
june, 2023

Feast of St. Louis, Sant'Eufemia district

thursday
29
june, 2023

Fair of SS. Peter and Paul

wednesday
2
august, 2023

Festival of Terracotta and Pope Galeazzo's recipes in Lucugnano

from
wednesday
2
august, 2023
to thursday 3 august 2023

'Courtyards in Taste' Festival, Sant'Eufemia district

tuesday
8
august, 2023

'Macaria Cistareddha' Festival, Caprarica del Capo district

wednesday
9
august, 2023

San Vito - Patron Saint

tuesday
15
august, 2023

The feast of Our Lady of Assumption in Marina Serra

wednesday
16
august, 2023

Feast of San Rocco

thursday
17
august, 2023

Homemade Pasta Festival in the località of Depressa

tuesday
22
august, 2023

Banner Festival, Sant'Eufemia district

friday
8
september, 2023

Feast of Our Lady of Loreto

saturday
16
september, 2023

District Feast of Sant'Eufemia

sunday
17
september, 2023

Fair of Madonna Addolorata in Lucugnano

wednesday
27
september, 2023

Feast of SS. Cosma and Damiano, locality of Depressa

sunday
1
october, 2023

Fair of Our Lady of the Rosary

friday
13
october, 2023

Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Caprarica del Capo district

wednesday
13
december, 2023

St. Lucy's Fair

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