San Vittore is a Romanesque and

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-style,

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church located in the town of

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in the region of

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, Italy.

History

The structure was documented as a pieve church in the 10th century as being built at the site of a former first century oratory. The church is built from

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blocks. The present layout and façade date to a reconstruction during the 13th century, after the sack of the town by the troops of Frederick II in 1242. The façade has a

rose window which was restored in 1924. It has a rounded central portal leading to a basilica layout with three naves. The attached squat square bell-tower once likely housed the pieve's baptistery; it was rebuilt after a lightning bolt razed the prior tower in 1502. The interior houses some anonymous frescoes from the mid to late 13th century. These once decorated the exterior and interior of the church. Many of those from the right nave were detached and moved to the Museo Diocesano. The transept is elevated relative to the nave, and leads to a pentagonal apse with gothic mullioned windows. The entrance to the ''Crypt of St Eustachio'' is from the outside of the church: it contains a cycle of frescoes from the 14th century depicting the Life of the saint and attributed to the Maestro di Offida.Tourism of Marche
description of the church.

References

Romanesque architecture in le Marche Gothic architecture in le Marche Roman Catholic churches in Ascoli Piceno 10th-century churches in Italy {{Italy-RC-church-stub