Castellana Grotte. Altar, Our Lady of Caroseno, sec. XVIII
The monument, built on an existing church in the eighteenth century, is dedicated to Our Lady of Constantinople, or Caroseno (from lat. Carusinus or "the Golden Womb"), whose cult indicates the ancient bond that probably passed between Castellana and the greek world - Orthodox in the Balkans. The facade is of a Baroque exuberance, almost rococo. For a box with four pilasters, which houses the door, it overlaps a smaller one, beside which is added a decorative curved inflected, which gains momentum from a pediment that has, in the pediment, a niche with a statue of the Madonna. The facade, highlighted by the shadows of three small recesses, has, in the bottom, the statues of St. Peter and St. John, while, at the side of the front door, is a small walled rose, very well decorated, in 1568, presumably decorative element of the facade of the church. The presbytery must keep against the wall, an altarpiece in stone, on which there are four paintings of small size due to the hand of Fate Vincent. At the center of a good image of the Madonna and Child, painted on copper. This image hides on the back wall, a seventeenth-century fresco, disfigured by un'inesperta repainting of another Madonna. On either side of the Virgin two images, vivid colors and thick, of St. Peter and St. John the Apostle. Based on both of them have the inscription: "Op Winning Fate AD 1767 ". Inside the church, the presbytery adjoining arches are decorated with modern reliefs by Francesco Cavallazzi. To the right of repose, the tabernacle with two hands which are of bread has left the baptismal font, background, three monochrome pottery, representing parents who carry the child to the encounter with Christ in Baptism.
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The feast of Our Lady of Caroseno has been held since 1692, the September 8, and is second in importance only to that of Our Lady of Fanovo. On day eight, plenty of space is, however, also gave a colorful and festive fair, where you can buy various items of handicraft production.
Bibliography
Cultural Association CE.RI.CA-Castellana Grotte (1997), Castellana Grotte and its territory. The heart of Puglia. Help - historical tourism, Fasano, Schena Ediotore. Bruni, P. (2009), Puglia Arbëreshe, Grecanica, France - Provence, Centre for Studies and Research "Francesco Grisi, Carosino (Taranto).
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