Church of the Immaculate
The construction of the Church of the Capuchin friars dedicated to the Immaculate begins after the choice of the place in 1580, completed in 1640. It was the second church of the Capuchin friars necessary to welcome the participants in the order, which increased between 1600 and 1700. Between 1889 and 1892 the church was considerably enlarged by incorporating the oratory to which was added the construction in 1884 of the convent designed by Stefano Zirilli in neo-Gothic style. Only in 1890 is added the name “Conception” and two years later the new altar with wooden sculpture of the Virgin of Sicilian manufacture. In 1935 the bell tower was erected.
The church has an austere facade and a single nave interior. The works kept inside come largely from the old Church of the Capuchins dating back to 1577 requisitioned with many of its treasures by the “Law of the guarentigie” of 1871. Among the valuable works a “S. Maria of the angels with S. Francesco and S. Chiara” with a sea landscape on the background of Scipione Pulzone dated 1584; an Assumption of the Virgin, a Last Supper (Pesach) of late ‘600, Santa Caterina d’Alessandria and Santa Lucia by Onofrio Gabrielli of the late ‘600. Inside also a large crib of the master Maniscalco.