{"id":308734,"date":"2024-08-09T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/casamassima-the-church-of-santa-croce-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:45:45","slug":"casamassima-the-church-of-santa-croce","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/casamassima-the-church-of-santa-croce\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Santa Croce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Santa Croce in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/casamassima\/\"><strong>Casamassima,<\/strong><\/a> the village\u2019s mother church, is one of the community\u2019s main religious and historical landmarks. The Romanesque-style building dates back to 1321, when an earlier structure dating from between the 11th and 12th centuries was extended.<\/p>\n<p>The church is laid out in three wide naves, lending a sense of solemnity and spaciousness to the interior. Among the most significant works are the 13th-century baptismal font and the statue of Saint Roch, the town\u2019s patron saint, who is greatly venerated by the local population.<\/p>\n<p>Outside, the bell tower stands out, a fine example of Apulian Romanesque architecture, which completes the architectural ensemble and helps define the church\u2019s silhouette within the town\u2019s urban fabric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Santa Croce in Casamassima: medieval origins, three naves, a 13th-century baptismal font and devotion to Saint Roch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":235777,"template":"","village-conntection":[50517],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76111,76112],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-308734","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-casamassima-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-apulia","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-bari-en","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/308734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/what-to-see"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/308734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=308734"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-region-and-provinces","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-region-and-provinces?post=308734"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=308734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}