The Church of Jesus and Mary, and the adjacent convent of the Minor Friars, were built in 1611 at the behest of people from Pescocostanzo who wanted to accommodate a community of Franciscan monks. The facade of the church, as it stands today, does not correspond to the original design, but dates back to 1855. The initial floor plan, which we can see on the perspective map of Pescocostanzo by De...
Located along the old access road into town, the church of S. Maria delle Grazie was built in the first half of the 16th century. It was historically a stopping point for travellers and pilgrims and for this reason there was a 17th-century painting on the front of the church depicting St. Christopher, which has unfortunately long gone. Instead there is now a plaque with verses recalling its...
It is a small church, inserted between the houses on Via D. Falconio and bound at each end by buttresses jutting out from the facade. Instead of the straight termination of the facade, which was more common on the churches of Pescocostanzo, here there is a curvilinear cornice, with three rows of sloping bricks, probably from the 19th century. The 18th century portal, is flanked by two massive...
The church is located on a high ridge, where the original nucleus of the city called Peschio once stood. It is not possible to establish a precise date for the building but it is certain that many different reconstructions followed on from the first building during the Romanesque period.
The small church of St. John the Baptist, dating back to the 16th century, is set back from the roadside, and sits on a stone base. For reinforcement there are walls perpendicular to the facade in accordance with the local scheme used mainly for residential buildings.
One of the oldest churches in Pescocostanzo, this is now used as a centre for conferences and cultural activities. It was badly damaged by the earthquake of 1706 and subsequently the facade and parts of the interior were rebuilt.