Villa Santa Lucia. Sanctuary of the Madonna of Graces and the Convent of Sant'Angelo in Fortunula

The Sanctuary of the Madonna of Graces and the Convent of Sant'Angelo in Fortunula was founded in 1595.

Originally it was a small temple after the discovery of the image of the Virgin and Child.

It became a convent in 1715 with the Augustinian Monk, Father Carlo Alfonso De Mercantis, and was enlarged and embellished.


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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