The sanctuary of Madonna del Campo was built in Cave in the place of the battle between the Romans and Prenestini versus Volsci and Ernici of 267 AC.
In this place, in 1655, was found a Byzantine image of a Madonna with the Christ Child in her arms with Saints Peter and Paul.
Here a church has built.
Perhaps the image belonged to a crypt of the ancient church of St. Peter, which had been destroyed.
The works for the construction of the sanctuary began in 1659.
But works were immediately stopped to allow to continue the construction of the new Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta.
The construction of the church was restored only in 1703, when the people wanted to thank Madonna del Campo for saving it from earthquakes.
The façade of the sanctuary has two levels with a bell tower on each side and at the top there is a central window with two niches at the sides.
The central wooden portal is surmounted by a marble tombstone with a dedication to the Virgin, and two smaller portals on the sides.
The interior has a single nave with a double staircase in the centre from which the crypt is accessed, where the painting of Madonna del Campo is kept.
On the windows of the apse the Annunciation and Resurrection are represented in images.
In the centre of the square in front of the church, in 1905, a column was placed with a corinthian capital surmounted by a cross.
The cross replaced an image of the twin-tailed siren that is a symbol of the town of Cave.
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