{"id":309388,"date":"2024-08-09T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/maratea-church-of-santa-maria-maggiore-at-maratea-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:33:42","slug":"maratea-church-of-santa-maria-maggiore","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/maratea-church-of-santa-maria-maggiore\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Santa Maria Maggiore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/maratea\/\"><strong>Maratea<\/strong><\/a> is one of the main religious buildings in this village in Basilicata, with origins dating back to the 15th century. A plaque inside the church commemorates the construction of the present building in 1505 by Mercurio Greco, whilst the original church had already been elevated to parish status in 1434.<\/p>\n<p>The building retains a Romanesque layout and has an unusual feature: it does not have a proper main fa\u00e7ade, but instead opens onto a small triangular square from one side. On this side stands an elegant Baroque stucco portal, flanked by two praying marble angels dating from the 16th century.<\/p>\n<p>The bell tower is one of the most distinctive features: it rests on a square Romanesque base and rises as an octagonal structure, culminating in a pointed dome that gives the entire complex a soaring appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, the chancel houses a refined wooden choir loft, hand-carved and completed in 1729 by Marco De Sanctis. There are also numerous furnishings and fittings in 16th-century white marble. Among the most significant works is the statuette of the Assumption of the Virgin, known as the Madonna degli Angeli, depicted surrounded by a host of little cherubs.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, the church represents a harmonious blend of Romanesque and Baroque elements, preserving artistic and devotional artefacts that recount the long religious history of Maratea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Maratea, a building blending Romanesque and Baroque styles, featuring an octagonal bell tower and exquisite sacred artworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":236417,"template":"","village-conntection":[50796],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76403,76405],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-309388","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-maratea-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-basilicata-en","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-potenza-en","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/309388","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\/309388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=309388"},{"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=309388"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=309388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}