CEMETERY CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA IN CERULIS

Cemetery church of Santa Maria in Cerulis

Dating from the eleventh century, built on the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to Ceres . It has three naves and only four altars with Major . We do not know to whom they were dedicated altars such as missing are depicted by many centuries . It was restored in the mid-nineteenth century and in that period there was inserted the turn in one presbytery . In the Middle Ages in the basement of that church they were buried the dead in the country and in two thousand forty medieval mummies were found in excellent condition . It said church is located at the height of the cemetery about a kilometer from the village in the direction of Retenga Civita .

source common site

CEMETERY CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA IN CERULIS

NETWORK PORTALI, Pisa