San Paolo Sanctuary
The San Paolo Sanctuary was built in the 20th century in imitation of the Norman style. Three artists worked on the facade, decorated with mosaics and three heavy sculpted bronze doors.
Other nearby buildings
Church of the Crucifix
The Church of the Crucifix was founded in the 15th century, but the current Baroque and Neoclassical building dates from 1937.
Church of Jesus and Mary
The current building of the Church of Jesus and Mary is a 20th-century reconstruction, after the destruction of the old church during the 1908 earthquake. The crypt preserves the so-called "varettes", papier-mâché figures led in procession on Good Friday.
Ottimati Church
The Ottimati Church is an old Byzantine-Norman church built around the 10th century. The church takes its name from the former crypt of Ottimati, which was built as a support structure for the church in Normandy (12th century). Abandoned in 1767 following the suppression of the Jesuit order that occupied it, the church received the protection of Ferdinand I of Bourbon in 1780. After having been deeply damaged by the earthquakes of 1783 and 1908, the church was rebuilt in the first half of the 20th century.
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