{"id":311266,"date":"2024-08-09T22:33:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T20:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/montefiore-dellaso-collegiate-church-of-saint-lucia-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:30:36","slug":"montefiore-dellaso-collegiate-church-of-saint-lucia","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/montefiore-dellaso-collegiate-church-of-saint-lucia\/","title":{"rendered":"Collegiate Church of Saint Lucia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Collegiate Church of Saint Lucia in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/montefiore-dellaso\/\"><strong>Montefiore dell&#8217;Aso<\/strong><\/a> is an important historic-artistic building located in Marche, Italy. The church dates back to the period between the 3rd and 5th centuries, bearing witness to the early Christian architecture of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, several artistic elements can be admired, including a valuable wooden choir, a stone stoup dating back to the 17th century, and frescoes created by Marche painter Luigi Fontana. The church also houses a 1700s reliquary that holds a finger of the patron saint Saint Lucia.<\/p>\n<p>In the sacristy, a 16th-century Marche-style astylar cross can be seen, further evidence of the historical and artistic heritage of the place. In the high exterior apse, there is a stone portal decorated with carved tiles dating back to the 11th century, which belonged to the early medieval parish church.<\/p>\n<p>The Collegiate Church of Saint Lucia thus offers an interesting experience for those who wish to explore religious history and art, offering a glimpse of the culture and traditions of a bygone era, still tangible in this fascinating sacred place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in Piazza della Repubblica, the Collegiate Church of Saint Lucia is an important historic-artistic building in the village of Montefiore dell&#8217;Aso<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":302076,"template":"","village-conntection":[50848],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76174,76172],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-311266","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-montefiore-dellaso-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-ascoli-piceno-en","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-marche-en","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/311266","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\/311266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=311266"},{"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=311266"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=311266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}