Chiesetta di Santa Maria del Carmine

Santa Maria del Carmine is a small church in Pescocostanzo, distinguished by an eighteenth-century facade of two-coloured stone.

Why it matters

The church is described as standing at the end of a row of houses. Its facade combines two tones of local stone with frames, pilasters and a crowning element in a Baroque composition.

What to notice

The facade uses two tones of stone, with vertical elements and a crowning that frame the wall. The dedication is to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Marian devotion that spread widely in early modern Europe.

Context and history

The church's eighteenth-century facade belongs to the period when Baroque forms shaped several religious and civic buildings in Pescocostanzo. It is one element of the town's architectural heritage.