In 1768, a new church of San Stefano was built to cater for the growth of the population of Cave from that of 1430.
The architect Nicola Fagiolo was a pupil of Vanvitelli.
The connection between the two churches ('original' and new) takes place through a porthole located in the ceiling of the original church.
The new church has a single nave with side chapels and it has an important fresco of the Baptism of St. Augustine by Taddeo Kuntze,
The artist also realized the Baptism of Jesus and Saint Thomas from Villanova, the baptismal font decorated with the coat of arms of the Colonna family and that of the Municipality of Cave.
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