Church of San Sebastiano and San Rocco
Built in 1520 in Baroque style and dedicated to San Sebastiano and San Rocco, it was built at the behest of the feudal lord Giovanni Castriota and then rebuilt in the early eighteenth century.
The façade, entirely made of carparo, is marked by three orders and is adorned with a fringe of hanging arches and the sixteenth-century columned portal, surmounted by a stone statue of San Sebastiano, protected by two column-bearing lions.
The interior has a single nave with four Baroque altars made of Lecce stone and tuff. Among the many paintings, the luminous Candelora and the Madonna del Rosario by Donato Antonio d’Orlando stand out.
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This project is co-financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II)