The church most definitley has more ancient origins than can be assumed from the formal characteristics of the present building.   Despite considerable alterations, we can see signnificant stylistic and architectural discrepancies especially in the external walls, such as the wide, pointed entranceway that contrasts sharply with the clearly Renaissance decoration. The portal is dated 1540. ...

The postioning of the church, with the front facing towards the village and the apse and the sacristy facing onto the square, is rather unusual. The façade still retains its late Romanesque portal of 1489, with decorative details relating to the schools of Valva Casauria.    In the moulding of the two pillars and the profile of the semicircular raised archivolt, the ornamental...

The entire architectural complex, enclosed by a boundary wall with iron railings, includes the Cathedral Basilica of San Pelino and a building located to its right with a rectangular apse and an adjoining tower.  This is currently identified as the Oratory of Sant’Alessandro but according to others it would have been an ancient mausoleum. On the opposite side, in line with the presbytery, is...