Churches of Ercolano

Saint Salvatore's church on Mount
        Vesuvius
Saint Salvatore's Church

The city of Herculaneum is known for some very beautiful churches, masterpieces of ancient and modern art.

The
      altar of Santa Maria a Pugliano's church

The well-known Papal Basilica of Santa Maria a Pugliano, in the square of the same name, was founded during the year 1000 and preserves within it some true masterpieces from the Angevin era and two sarcophagi from the Roman era.








The altar of Santa Maria a Pugliano's church


Saint
      Agostino's church in Ercolano

The beautiful Church of Sant'Agostino, along Corso Resina, is one of the most beautiful examples of Neapolitan Baroque.








Sant'Agostino's church



The Church of Santa Caterina, also along Corso Resina, is a beautiful expression of nineteenth-century art.
On the slopes of Vesuvius the Church of the Savior is still preserved, a work from the 1600s which flanks the well-known Vesuvian Observatory, the oldest in the world.

For a guided tour of the churches of Ercolano please contact me at the following email address. belsannino@gmail.com

The guided tour of the churches of Ercolano can be combined with a tour of the ancient town of Herculaneum


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