| Walking towards the central square, near the old City Hall, will meet the small Church of Santa Caterina, once the headquarters of the Congregation of SS. Annunziata.
The documents kept in the Municipal, hypothesize that the premises underlying the church housed a tavern, a local public utility which sold bread, oil, wine and sardines.
The central body was added in 1837, the right aisle and opened the current input port. The interior furnishings, the cross and the altar cards and the body are dated between 1845 and 1848, the choir in 1867. The church houses a statue of the Annunciation to bust Picciano (Matera). According to tradition, was brought to this country by some shepherds Luke directly from the sanctuary.
Walking towards the central square, near the old City Hall, will meet the small Church of Santa Caterina, once the headquarters of the Congregation of SS. Annunziata.
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