From the Cathedral of Santa Maria dell’Assunzione (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption), the most important place of Catholic worship in Rieti, the city’s principal cathedral, mother church of the Diocese of Rieti, to the smaller but not less important churches, architecture and religious art are elements of pride for the city which boasts the title of geographical centre of Italy.
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The cathedral of Rieti dedicated to Santa Maria Madre di Dio (Saint Mary Mother of God), also known as Saint Mary of the Assumption, was built on the foundations of the early Christian basilica, documented…
The conventual complex of St. Agostino was established at the time of the Magna Unio in the area interested by the urban development decreed by the Municipality in 1252. The basilica…
During the 1240’s the conventual complex of Saint Francis was built on the right bank of the Velino River. Near the church, in Romanesque style, there’s the sixteenth-century bell tower of…
In 1263, the Provincial Chapter of the Dominican Order established the opening of a convent in the city of Rieti, where the founder of the order itself, Domenico di Guzman, had…
The Oratory of San Pietro Martire was built by the Confraternity of Saint Pietro Martire in the first half of the 1300s, right next to the church of Saint Domenico. The…
The complex of St. Antonio al Monte was erected in 1474 on the hill of St. Biagio. It was then entrusted to the Observant Franciscans that, thanks to the work of…
The primitive 15th century church, built for the Franciscan Tertiaries near the ancient house of the knight Angelo Tancredi, companion of St. Francesco, had the title of St. Stefano Protomartire. In…
The monastic complex of the Poor Clares of St. Lucia is located under the ancient fortress on the edge of the district of the Valleys in a flat area sufficiently…
In the 18th century the title of St. Nicola was transferred from the ancient church in Acupenco, now in ruins, to the church of St. Maria del Pianto, of which the…
Located in Porta d’Arci area, close to Via dei Pozzi, the Church of St. Eusanio presents a valuable painting of the Madonna delle Stelle on the high altar. The left…
