A church, a village
Probably founded at the end of the 11th century together with the adjoining village, where the refugees who arrived from Canne were hosted, the church of San Giacomo, located outside the city walls, belonged to the Benedictines of Monte Sant'Angelo for a long time.
Once incorporated within the city walls in the sixteenth century, there is evidence of a Renaissance renovation from the inscription located on the chapel to the right of the presbytery, bearing the date 1514 and the commission by Radichyo de Lacetignola.
More evidence of the Renaissance comes from a sepulchral monument, the opistodoma panel with the Madonna and Child on one side and the Savior on the back and a predella, traditionally attributed to Tuccio d'Andria.
A new phase of restoration affected the church in the eighteenth century.
The church is accessed from the side, from a projecting forepart, as the façade is now incorporated into subsequent buildings. Between the access forepart and the transept, there are some shops, and on the middle one stands an obelisk with a clock.
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Madonna with Child and Savior
The panel, dating back to the 14th century, depicts the Virgin with Child and, on the reverse, Christ the Savior blessing.
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A memorial
The funerary monument, located in the vestibule of the church of San Giacomo, has a base on which two unidentifiable shields are engraved, and from which two slender columns rise which in turn, support the front of a sarcophagus.
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