Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta, Civita

. In the historic centre, in addition to the chapel of Sant'Antonio and the sixteenth-century one of Santa Maria della Consolazione, it is worth visiting the church of Santa Maria Assunta, built in Baroque style in the second half of the sixteenth century. The layout is oriental: it looks towards the sunrise and bears the symbols and forms of Byzantine theology. Today, in fact, the church has the iconostasis (the wall that holds the icons) and the Greek altar. The Byzantine liturgy is celebrated there, because the Albanians of Italy are Catholics of the Greek rite. In the church, therefore, the statues are replaced by icons: those of Christ Pantokràtor and the Virgin Hodegetria were painted by Alfonso Caccese, and those of the twelve festivals of the year have come from Athens. Even the iconostasis in walnut and olive wood is recent, from thirty years ago. (Source: most beautiful villages in Italy)

An extraordinary little church with splendid frescoes and a very beautiful choir in the Orthodox style.