The Madonna della Scala is a rural church or chapel, carved within a grotto, some three kilometers south of the town of
Oria in the province of Brindisi, region of
Apulia
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, Italy.
The building was erected between 13th and 14th centuries, although it may have served to house eremitic
Basilian monks
Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea (330–379). The term 'Basilian' is typically used only in the Catholic Church to distinguish Greek Catholic monks from other forms of monastic li ...
as early as the 8th century. The church at one time had a
Benedictine
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monastery attached. The
romanesque style building is a simple block with a small oculus. The interior walls are stuccoed, and it is notable for frescoes in Byzantine style depicting the Old Testament and the Apocalypse.
Parish website
for San Domenico, Oria San Domenico is a renaissance-style, former Roman Catholic church located in the town of Oria, province of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy.
History
Dominican friars had been in Oria since the 13th century. This church and convent was erected in 1572 by t ...
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References
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Romanesque architecture in Apulia
Churches in the province of Brindisi
13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy