| The Crypt of ‘St. Marina and St. Cristina’ |
| The Crypt of Our lady of the Graces |
| Church, ruined church, chapel, temple |
| Orthodox |
| no |
| The rock-cut church of Saints Marina and Cristina is a private church used for funerary purposes with two naves and two apses. Despite undergoing numerous modifications over the centuries, the church conserves a cycle of frescoes which may be viewed in chronological order starting from the east wall and moving in an anticlockwise direction until the end of the west wall. The cycle was painted during the period of Byzantine domination of southern Italy, from 959 in the case of the oldest painting until the second half of the 11th century. Representations of Santa Cristina prevail; subsequently the cult of the saint was joined by that of Santa Marina, an eastern figure also known as Pelagia or Margherita). Pictorial references to Christ are almost entirely absent, except for the Annunciation painted in the right apse on either side of Christ giving a blessing while seated on a lyre-shaped throne. |
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