Mother Church of Santa Margherita d’Antiochia

What to see

• The freestanding bell tower with a square base, octagonal upper floors and a multicoloured roof of ceramic tiles.
• Gothic architectural elements.
• In the apse, the carved wooden choir (1718) and, in a niche, the wooden statue of Santa Margherita.
• The panel painting of the Eternal Father by Antonio Stabile (1580).
• The fresco of the Beheading of John the Baptist (18th century).

How to get there

It is in Castelluccio Superiore, in the village perched above the Mercure valley: you arrive by car and then continue on foot through the alleyways.

Useful information

• The statue of the Madonna del Soccorso is kept here from September to May.
• Mass times are those of the parish.
• Nearby: the historic centre and Piazza Plebiscito.