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Santa Maria Altopede Longano

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Just outside the village of Longano, immersed in the bush, is the ancient rock church of Santa Maria di Altopiede. Its construction is prior to the fourteenth century, you have knowledge documented since 1309. It consists of a cave preceded by a masonry avancorpo, in which opens the portal in stone worked, while on the back wall of the cavity were obtained two niches of different sizes.

Just outside the village of Longano, immersed in the bush, is the ancient rock church of Santa Maria di Altopiede. Its construction is prior to the fourteenth century, you have knowledge documented since 1309. It consists of a cave preceded by a masonry avancorpo, in which opens the portal in stone worked, while on the back wall of the cavity were obtained two niches of different sizes.
On the side of the church, there is also an environment covered by a barrel vault in masonry, only partially preserved, which ends with a large apsidal niche once frescoed.

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