Sant' Antonio | Curch | old town

The church of Sant' Anthony in Maratea, built in 1615, is part of a convent occupied by Capuchin friars until 1866, located at the entrance to the historic center of Maratea.

The Convent is now the headquarters of the Operational Center of the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage.

Works of art in the Church

The interior of the Church of Sant'Anthony in Maratea consists of a nave, decorated very simply, alongside which, to the right, a lateral nave is featured, housing three marble altars.

The other aisle, the left one, was eliminated over the centuries to create a new corridor in the convent.

On the partition wall of the Church of Saint Anthony in Maratea, one notices the wooden statue of Saint Roch from the 18th century, a saint much venerated in Basilicata.

The central nave is dominated by the large altarpiece, a wooden polyptych from the 17th century, which depicts, in the central panel, St. Anthony the Abbot and St. Anthony of Padua adoring the Madonna in glory, flanked on the side panels by the figures of St. Rose, St. Clare, St. Dominic, St. Francis, St. Augustine, St. Michael the Archangel, with the Eternal Father added in an upper panel.

The complex, along with the black marble main altar, is one of the highlights of the Maratea art scene.

Visit the Church of Saint Anthony

To reach the Church:
Leave the car in the Piazzale Padre Pio parking lot [ Address to enter in the navigator ]] and continue on foot.

Church of S. Anthony