The church of St Benedict in Frosinone dates back to 1134 and was then rebuilt in Baroque style after 1750.
The interior has a single nave, covered with a barrel vault with side windows. The sides of the aisle are richly decorated side chapels. Under the baroque altar there are the remains of a martyr.
Among the paintings inside include Our Lady of Good Counsel, a painting linked to a miraculous event of 1796 when Madonna changed colour and shape while women prayed in front of her.
The bells of the small bell tower date back to the eighteenth century and were made from the famous Cacciavillani factory.
The bell tower is also home to another eighteenth-century bell with the coat of arms of the city of Frosinone, which was found in the ancient town hall.
For the richness of its paintings, the church of St. Benedict is considered the Art Gallery of Frosinone with works from the seventeenth century that were saved because the church is one of the few buildings not destroyed by the bombings of World War II.
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