Best places: Religions in Cercola, Italy

This late-19th-century Catholic cathedral has vaulted ceilings covered with opulent artwork.

Picturesque, archaeological ruins of a 5th-century BC temple featuring classical Greek architecture.

👍👍 This Church Museum of Santa Luciella ai Librai is one of the historic churches of Naples. It is located in the street of the same name, near the church of Saints Philip and James and right behind the church of San Gregorio Armeno. It has been closed to worship since the 1980s but was reopened on 5...

👍👍 Amazing Cathedral we were lucky during our visit there was a mass we prayed and confess in English too . Beautiful moment at cathedral de Naples and unforgettable memory .

Elegant church on a grand piazza, housing chapels filled with noted Renaissance art & sculpture.

Chapel & house-museum of a 1700s saint worshipped for her supposed power to boost fertility.

Lavish cathedral with neo-Gothic facade & art-filled chapels, plus 4th-century mosaics & relics.

Religious complex dating from the 1300s with a vast church, majolica-tiled cloisters & a museum.

Guided tours offered in a subterranean Christian cemetery built in the 2nd & 4th centuries.

Mountaintop abbey with an ornate cathedral, an elegant Renaissance cloister with views & a museum.

Dating from the 1100s, this monastery has a modern basilica, museum & revered Madonna image.

👍👍 This sanctuary is a historical place of faith and charity. It is dedicated to a beloved Saint who is closely associated with families, mothers and children, especially when suffering from an illness. Innumerable families dedicate a picture or memento of a childbirth and ask for the Saint blessing: a...

3rd-century catacombs with early Christian wall paintings & mosaics. Guided tours available.

Dramatic split cliff face with steps down to a seaside chapel dedicated to a 16th-century saint.

👍 As you head down the road from Venafro towards Campobasso, this church dominates the view. It stands alone on the hill so it's hard to miss. And, from a distance it is a very imposing modern building. It's a place of pilgrimage for Catholics having been the place where an apparition of Mary occurred...

👍👍 Un sito museale non conosciuto da tutti a napoli ma di straordinaria bellezza. Si accede con un percorso guidato che inizia con una descrizione del complesso e della sua storia. Successivamente si passa alla visita della prima chiesa, per poi passare alla seconda, molto più antica e ricca di...

Dating to 1642, this baroque Roman Catholic church features a polychrome altar & 3 chapels.

Ornate basilica from the early 1300s featuring frescos, sacred relics & tombs of a royal family.

👍 I went today from Naples. It was an arduous journey, but it needn't have been. First, I had conflicting information. Google said the site was closed. According to the woman selling tickets at the Amphitheatre in Santa Maria Capua Vettere (Old Capua), it was open. I do not know what the basis of her...

👍👍 The San Magno monastery stands outside the town of Fondi (LT) on the foothills of Mount Arcano. Thanks to the restoration it is possible to admire valuable frescoes, but if you are lucky enough to visit it completely on your own as it happened to us, it becomes a magical place with a suggestive atm...