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Church of San Michele Arcangelo (Diocesan Museum)
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Churches and sanctuaries

Marsico Nuovo (Potenza)

Church of San Michele Arcangelo (Diocesan Museum)

The church of San Michele Arcangelo is a church of Lombard origin, built against the walls of Marsico Nuovo, next to the Porta della Luna. For centuries it was the main church of the diocese, before the co-cathedral was built in 1131.

  • Opening hoursMuseum hours vary: ask the diocese or the parish.
  • AdmissionCheck on site.
  • WhereVia Sant'Angelo, Civita – Marsico Nuovo (PZ)
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What to see

  • The 13th-century Gothic portal by Melchiorre da Montalbano, declared a national monument.
  • The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, with the stone baptismal font and an 18th-century painting on wood of the fall of the rebel angels.
  • The Last Supper fresco attributed to Girolamo Todisco.

How to get there

It is in Via Sant’Angelo, on the Civita hill, near the church of San Gianuario.

Useful information

Museum hours vary: ask the diocese or the parish. The church is also open for worship.

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