Chiesa della Santissima Trinità

Monte Sant'Angelo's Church of the Santissima Trinità stands against the old town walls on Piazza De' Galganis, beside the church of San Giuseppe. Founded by Poor Clares in the early fifteenth century, it was rebuilt in the eighteenth century with marble altars and stucco decoration; its bell tower dates to 1770.

Why it matters

The complex is a record of female monastic life in Monte Sant'Angelo. Its foundation was supported by a local nobleman who endowed the monastery, and its location joined a contemplative community to the town's pilgrimage economy. The church and San Giuseppe occupy the same stretch of the old wall line.

What to notice

The bell tower of 1770 is the church's most visible landmark. Inside, marble altars and stuccoes reflect the eighteenth-century rebuilding. The building presses against the ancient walls, so the sacred complex and the town's defensive line occupy the same architectural block.

Context and history

Poor Clares established the church and monastery in the early fifteenth century with the backing of a local nobleman who provided a dowry. In the eighteenth century the nuns expanded and rebuilt the church, adding the marble altars and stuccoes recorded today. The bell tower followed in 1770. The complex preserves the history of the Clarisse community and its place within the town's wall-side religious quarter.