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Chapel

The chapel has a simple rectangular aspect, with a portal and central windows, surmounted by a belfry. Inside, what makes it valuable and perhaps unique church of Morciano is the presence of a huge monolith, an authentic menhir of local marble, painted on whose front plate is a sixteenth-century Madonna and Child. The monolith has come to light in the recent years of the twentieth century as a result of a conservative intervention carried out by the Pro Loco "Torre Vado". Below the fresco are visible traces of color dating back to the classical period of Byzantine art in Salento (900-1000 AD). Depicted in the hand of the Child are three arrows (a clear reference to the SS. Trinity) symbolizing the divine love for humanity on earth.   ...

The small sixteenth-century church dedicated to the Santa Croce is located on the outskirts of Tricase, in the territory of Lucugnano.   The façade has simple lines and ends with a slightly projecting cornice, topped by two half tympanums with a central pillar of tuff surmounted by a cross. The corners of the pediment are characterized by two pinnacles. The interior has a nave with a barrel vault with lunettes. Some windows illuminate the surroundings. On the sole altar, made of Leccese stone, there is an interesting painting of the Pieta. The altar consists of three simple steps: on the undersides of the refectory table are carved angels that serve as its support and in the center is a roundel with the Virgin. In connection to the access to the sacristy, on the architrave ...

The current structure is the result of an extension of the original structure, which took place in the 50s of the last century. It retains much of the original structure, dedicated to St. Mary and dating back to the mid-sixteenth century. A.D., as much as the transept. The facade is in a hut-form, with a single entrance portal, a small rose window and a cross jutting in the axis. Inside, it is possible to admire interesting paintings from the era including the Annunciation and the Last Judgment and a fresco painted in 1586 for devotion to Alterius Stasi. ...