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This church consecrated to Our Lady
of the Assumption is called Santa Maria del Trivio while its façade
finds at a crossroads where three streets converge.
The original church built in gothic style during the 17th century
very ruined was completely rebuilt following a design of Carlo
Maderno.
The new design aimed to build a church with a Latin Cross, a nave
and a series of side chapels. At the transept there was a great
dome.
In 1759 the architect Carlo Murena was appointed by the Cardinal
Raniero d'Elci to direct the construction works. The façade
was built in the 19th century. During the second world war the
bombardments destroyed the monuments of Velletri and also the
church was heavily damaged, and in particular the nave and the
apse. The ruined building was restored almost like the original
except for the tabernacle decorated with marble and mosaics.
Among the various paintings preserved in the church the most interesting
are: the painting over the high altar “Gloria della Vergine
Assunta in Cielo” painted by the Sienese Giovanni Sorbi
in the 18th century, and the painting by the artist Sebastiano
Conca in the chapel consecrated to Sant'Antonio and representing
the Madonna with the Bambino, surrounded by Sant'Antonio
and other Saints.
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