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Immacolata Concezione, Riccia

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Immacolata Concezione
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvinceArchdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano
Region Molise
RiteLatin Rite
Location
LocationRiccia, Molise
Architecture
TypeChurch

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.

History

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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

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  1. ^ Riccia nella storia e nel folk-lore, by Berengario G. Amorosa, page 155-156.
  2. ^ Pro Loco Riccia entry on Chiesa della Concezione.