Chiesa di Sant'Andrea

The Church of Sant'Andrea stands in Marciano, on the western slope of the Tore di Termini above the sea. Its history includes successive restorations, including an 1893 campaign partly funded by residents who had emigrated to America.

Why it matters

Family patronage and the church's parish role shaped the history of Sant'Andrea. The 1893 restoration, supported in part by Marciano's emigrants, connects the building to the wider history of migration from the Sorrentine peninsula.

What to notice

The single nave leads to a marble high altar with a statue of the Sacred Heart. Side altars hold statues of the Madonna and Saint Andrew. The two side chapels were founded around 1560 and 1680. An older painting of Saint Andrew was moved to the adjacent Oratorio del Rosario; a wooden half-bust statue now occupies its former chapel.

Context and history

The del Maggio family held the church's patronage, and it acquired parish status in 1613. Its fifteenth-century fabric was restructured in the eighteenth century and again in 1893, when emigrants from Marciano in America helped finance the work. The village's name is probably derived from a Roman family associated with a villa near Punta San Lorenzo.