The Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine is a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

church located on Via Raia Occidentale in the town of

Marsico Nuovo Marsico Nuovo ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. It was the seat of the bishops of Grumentum. It is an agricultural centre in the Agri river valley. History The city's o ...

, province of Potenza, region of

Basilicata Basilicata (, ; ), also known by its ancient name Lucania (, , ), is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south. It has two coastlines: a 30-kilometr ...

, Italy.

History

The church and the adjacent monastery of ''San Tommaso di Canterbury'' were first erected between the 13th and 14th centuries. The sober neoclassical-style facade has a 14th-century main portal with four slender columns and a rounded marble arch. Inside the church is a 14th-century wooden sculpture depicting the ''Madonna and Child'' attributed to Giovanni di Nola.Tourism Guide of Marsico Nuovo

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Madonna del Carmine Marsico Nuovo Roman Catholic churches in Marsico Nuovo 14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy