Mother Church of the Madonna delle Grazie, Oliveto Lucano

History

The church has Romanesque features and houses furnishings and artworks from the 16th to the 19th century. It also holds statues of the saints most loved by the village, starting with the patron saint, San Cipriano.

What to see

• The panel painting of the Madonna delle Grazie, oil on wood.
• The painted wooden altar from the 16th century.
• The polychrome wooden crucifix from the 18th century, in the first chapel on the left, and the stone holy water font from the 18th century in the right nave.
• The wooden statues of San Cipriano and San Rocco, the bronze tabernacle and the brass panel of the Last Supper.

Useful information

• It is a church open for worship: visit quietly, outside of services.
• Just outside the village, the chapel of Piano di Campo houses the 18th-century statue of the Madonna del Campo.
• In August the church is at the heart of the feast of San Cipriano and the Maggio.