{"id":310161,"date":"2024-08-09T21:59:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T19:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/montefalco-st-lucys-church-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:17:11","slug":"montefalco-church-of-santa-lucia","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/montefalco-church-of-santa-lucia\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Santa Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Santa Lucia in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/montefalco\/\"><strong>Montefalco<\/strong><\/a> is situated in the oldest part of the village, nestled within a maze of narrow alleys and passageways so narrow that they are inaccessible to traffic, creating an intimate and evocative atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The building, dating back to the 12th century, features a simple gabled fa\u00e7ade, surmounted by a small bell gable situated in a central position. Its austere appearance reflects the church\u2019s medieval origins and its function as a place of worship for the local community.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, despite several attempts at restoration following a long period of neglect that began as early as 1295, only two fragments of 14th-century frescoes remain. These pictorial traces, though limited, represent a valuable testimony to the building\u2019s artistic and religious history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Santa Lucia in Montefalco: a 12th-century building with a gabled fa\u00e7ade, a bell gable and ancient 14th-century frescoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":104439,"template":"","village-conntection":[50845],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76222,76221],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-310161","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-montefalco-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-perugia-en","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-umbria-en","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/310161","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\/310161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=310161"},{"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=310161"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=310161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}