POI data

General information
Chiesa e Monastero di Santa Maria delle Grazie
Church, ruined church, chapel, temple,Monastery
Catholic
no
The church of St. Onofrio, attached to the convent entrusted to the Dominican Fathers, was built in the feud of uninhabited Nubilo (or monastery) in 1551 by Filippo Mattei. With the suppression of religious orders sanctioned in 1809, then, the building went to public property and the inhabitants of the manor "were left to themselves in terms of religious and spiritual." In 1922 was built the parish of Holy Mary of Good Counsel. There are two elements of beauty: its portal, on which there are weapons of Mattei (assigned to the architect sculptor Gabriele Riccardi Lecce) and the painting "Christ of compassion," presumably from the sixteenth century, still preserved in the Convent.
Location
via provinciale Lecce - Novoli (loc. Villa Convento)
Novoli
73051
Italy
Puglia
40.3657
18.0687
28.25
Contact
Archdiocese of Lecce
ITALIAN BISHOPS 'CONFERENCE CEI - Puglia
Additional information
Good
Unscheduled visit
Average
Medium
National
Average
Religious tourism,Wine and gastronomy tourism