Cave of Saints
The Grotta dei Santi is located as the crow flies about 300m southeast of the fake pillar tomb of Baravitalla. The cave is a rock church frequented by Christian-Byzantine communities, its name derives from the fact that along the walls there are Byzantine pictorial cycles (about 31 figures of saints and bishops) which also provide a clear chronological indication of the frequency of the cave (period initial of the Norman conquest). The small church is preceded by an open-air vestibule and is made up of two rectangular rooms: the largest (approximately 9,40 x 5,50 meters) used for worship and the smaller (3,50 x 2,70 meters) perhaps used as a sacristy. Of the figures, only the faces surrounded by the yellow halo cut out on the blue background remain partially. 13 figures are found on the left wall, 7 on the front wall and 11 on the right wall.
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
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