The early church of Saint Anthony Abbot in Castelnuovo Parano documents date back to the fourteenth century.
It is believed to be contemporary with the construction of the fortress. There are frescoes in the Byzantine and Cassinese styles.
The frescoes on the walls of the nave and three apses represent at least two distinct pictorial campaigns.
The oldest dating back to the early years of the thirteenth century while the latter is mainly constructed from votive panels with saints and dates back to the fourteenth century.
According to tradition, the wooden group of the Madonna and Child miraculously came here from Castro dei Volsci, beating three times the opposition of Castresi.
The statue is worshipped at the shrine of Our Lady of the Plane of Ausonia and every three years in Castelnuovo Parano.
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