Chiesa di Santo Stefano del Cacco

The church of Santo Stefano del Cacco was built in its present form in 1607 on an ancient medieval church probably dating from the 9th century. The bell tower, now part of the nearby monastery, and the apse date from the 12th century. Pope Pius IV granted it to the Silvestrin Fathers in 1563, with the charge of caring for souls. The church was restored by the same fathers in 1607 and again in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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