POI data

General information
Chiesa rupestre di S. Nicola
Church, ruined church, chapel, temple
Catholic
no
The toponym of "Parco del House" means the "ravine of Palagianello" running north-west to south-west of the town. In the south, more wild and difficult of access, there is the shrine dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The church consists of a single nave ceiling to floor with trapezoidal niches on the walls and barrel-vaulted apse niche. The metrological analysis puts the construction of the church in the early Middle Ages, probably used in private funerary chapel, and the discovery of some Venetian coins minted between 1311 and 1444 in a tomb in the floor of the church confirms the use of burial. The frescoes on the walls and niches can be dated to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In the apse depicts the Pantocrator with Deesis, while the paintings depict saints in niches including S. Peter and S. Matthias.
Location
Palagianello
Italy
Puglia
40.6020
16.9737
80.36
Contact
Municipality of Palagianello
Pugliapromozione Regional Agency for Turism of Puglia
Additional information
Poor
Unlimited visit
Average
Medium
International
Insufficient
Appian Way
Religious tourism,Cultural tourism,Holiday tourism,Active tourism,Nature-based tourism
Byzantine,Frescoes,Rupestral,TOMB