{"id":136,"date":"2022-10-24T09:54:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T07:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidesmart.tv\/en\/?p=136"},"modified":"2025-01-02T18:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:30:32","slug":"the-church-of-madonna-della-pieta-in-rocca-calascio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidesmart.tv\/en\/the-church-of-madonna-della-pieta-in-rocca-calascio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church of Madonna della Piet\u00e0 in Rocca Calascio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5928 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guidesmart.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rocca-calascio-8-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>It is believed that the Church of the Madonna della Piet\u00e0<strong><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1Cbm8fjeVq7XjzdE6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignbottom wp-image-2140 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guidesmart.tv\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maps-icon-small.png\" alt=\"Maps-icon-small\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidesmart.tv\/en\/rocca-calascio\/\">Rocca Calascio<\/a><strong><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/9PV3zHCY3wKLccuU7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignbottom wp-image-2140 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guidesmart.tv\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maps-icon-small.png\" alt=\"Maps-icon-small\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong> was built between the end of the 16th and the early 17th century as a sign of thanksgiving to the Madonna for the victory obtained by the local inhabitants over a big band of brigands, who, trespassing from the Papal State, had made their way from Campo Imperatore<strong><span class=\"_5yl5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/swYULr6VHm5ifpTf6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignbottom wp-image-2140 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guidesmart.tv\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Maps-icon-small.png\" alt=\"Maps-icon-small\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong> to the possessions of the Piccolomini family.<\/p>\n<p>It stands in an isolated position not far from Rocca Calascio, at about 1432 metres above sea level. The structure has an octagonal plan, with the outer side measuring 5.50 metres. The main Baroque fa\u00e7ade faces south and its portal is surmounted by an edicolette, with a curved broken tympanum flanked by two empty niches.<\/p>\n<p>The church is covered by a rounded pavilion vault. On one of the sides of the octagon is a masonry and stucco altar with a painting of Our Lady of Pity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is believed that the Church of the Madonna della Piet\u00e0 in Rocca Calascio was built between the end of the 16th and the early 17th century as a sign of thanksgiving to the Madonna for the victory obtained by the local inhabitants over a big band of brigands, who, trespassing from the Papal State, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,65,73],"tags":[105,104,106,101,102,103,107],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover","category-more","category-point-of-views","tag-bandits","tag-church","tag-frescoes","tag-madonna","tag-pieta","tag-rocca-calascio","tag-the-church-of-rocca-calascio-built-to-thank-the-madonna-after-defeating-brigands"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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