Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie

The Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie stands below the castle in Civitacampomarano. Its interior brings together works from the village’s former mother church and furnishings assembled after the destruction of other churches in the region.

Why it matters

The church preserves a layered collection of sacred objects associated with Civitacampomarano and neighbouring communities. Its furnishings record both the survival of local works and the reuse of materials from churches destroyed during the Great War.

What to notice

The carved door and baptismal font came from Santa Maria Maggiore. Side altars incorporate marble fragments from the destroyed churches of Sant’Ambrogio in Monfalcone and San Giovanni in Tuba at Duino. An eighteenth-century retable in inlaid wood and gold leaf is crowned by a canvas of the Holy Family. The church has a rectangular plan with two naves separated by round arches; an old bellows organ stands above the entrance.

Context and history

The church was originally a shrine of Madonna delle Grazie, later also known as Madonna del Carmine, in Borgo San Rocco. It was associated with Dominican friars from Murano until the late eighteenth century. After the mother church of Santa Maria Maggiore collapsed in 1903, its carved door, baptismal font and other furnishings were transferred here. The retable and Holy Family canvas belong to the church’s own artistic history.