Immacolata Concezione ("Immaculate Conception", Italian: Chiesa dell'Immacolata), also called the Convent of the Cappuccini, is a Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Umberto I in the town of Riccia, Province of Campobasso in the region of Molise, Italy.
| Immacolata Concezione | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano |
| Region |  Molise |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Location | |
| Location | Riccia, Molise |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
History edit
In 1679, the church and convent of the Capuchins was erected upon the ruins of the former Convent of the Celestine Order.[1]
The austere stone facade, rusticated inferiorly, has bronze doors; the lunettes above have a relief depicting the Immaculate Conception and Jesus by the sculptor Ettore Marinelli. On the roof of the main entrance is a much restored fresco of St Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata (1696) by an unknown painter. The church also has a painting of the Immaculate Conception with the Holy Spirit and St Joseph and Saints (1685) by Benedetto Brunetti.[2]
References edit
- ^ Riccia nella storia e nel folk-lore, by Berengario G. Amorosa, page 155-156.
- ^ Pro Loco Riccia entry on Chiesa della Concezione.