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Description

The most interesting part of the Church is made up of the façade: it has a shape that narrows upward to the presence of spurs on the lateral sides. Elevated above the road surface, it can be reached through a double flight of stairs. The portal is of gray stone and is surmounted by a triangular pediment. It has a gable with pinnacles of gray stone Gothic inspiration and a splayed window with rounded corners, in baroque style. The sixth floor dome, which rises on a cylindrical drum, around which there are four windows. It has a Latin cross plan with a large transept, with a single aisle. It has a domed top surface and a vaulted roof with a barrel vault with lunettes. The church was built with stones of tuff masonry with painted plaster. It has a stucco decoration in Baroque style.

Historical Info

It was founded in the seventeenth century by sailors and fishermen of Forio and the sea renovated in 1857, retaining the original lines outside. The inner part is also visible in baroque architecture, occurred in the eighteenth century. The early church was dedicated to Maria di Portosalvo and St. Gaetano, but after the sanctification of the latter, the Church changed its name to Church of St. Gaetano and S. Mary Portosalvo.

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