The church of St Benedict in Priverno was the first building of the 'new Priverno'.
The medieval centre that was just being formed around the castle and this church that was built by the Benedictines in the seventh century.
The external facade is made of local stone with a very simple style and a part of the church is flanked by the ancient walls of the village.
The interior has three aisles and you can find frescoes of the twelfth century and an Annunciation by Pietro Colberti da Piperno of the fifteenth century while the apse frescoes date back to the sixteenth century.
The original bell tower was destroyed by lightning in 1785 and was rebuilt the following year.
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