Madonna Addolorata | Curch | CERSUTA
Located in the oldest part of the fraction Cersuta of Maratea, the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, built in the 17th century, was originally dedicated to St. Catherine of Siena, until it was rededicated to Our Lady of Sorrows more recently.
The Church of Our Sorrowful Mother features a very simple, eighteenth-century style architecture, with arcades on either side serving as lateral chapels.
Works of art in the Church
Above the main altar of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Cersuta, in white marble mixed with polychrome marbles, there is a fresco of Christ on the cross with Mary and Mary Magdalene, painted in the 19th century by an anonymous artist.
On the right side of the nave there is a niche with the statue of the Madonna Addolorata, a painted wood sculpture from 1899, to which the inhabitants of the fraction dedicate a festival in September.
On the left is the church’s most prized work, a beautiful painting of Saint Blaise dated 1862. It depicts Maratea’s patron saint in vivid colours, departing from traditional iconography: the unknown artist boldly portrays him with features reflecting his Armenian origins.
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Church of the Sorrowful Mary