Cave. Original Church of Saint Stefano

Cave. Original Church of Saint Stefano

Under the church of Santo Stefano is the original church of 1400s, which is accessed from the entrance to the Ferri Museum of Cave.

The church has a single nave with a cross vault supported by four columns with reused capitals and a semicircular apse.

It is covered by a stuccoed ciborium (altar canopy) of the sixteenth century and entirely frescoed with a cycle depicting the passion of Christ realized in the 1500s by artists of the Zuccari School.

You can notice a difference in height of the floor due to the ancient use of this church as a burial site of several members of the Colonna family.


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