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MARTINA FRANCA COME NON L'AVETE MAI VISTA PRIMA !!!

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The Church San Nicola a Montedoro is located in the oldest  and in the highest area of Martina Franca about 400 m high. it looks like a chapel dedicated to Saint  Nicola from Bari. This Saint is also venerated in other two churches, San NICOLA del Pendino, and San Nicola dei Greci. In the past the church was also called San Nicola dei poverelli, or San Nicola della pietra, because the church is made by stones. The name San Nicola a Montedoro derives from the area where it was built, Montedoro were an also a castle was built the CASTRUM MARTINAE.

In the past the church was private, now it belongs to the town of Martina Franca.

The little church is among the oldest churches; it probably dates back to the 14th century.

Over the centuries the church has been restructured different times, the most considerable one was in the 17th century.

The Church is characterised by a modest rectangular structure and by late-middle aged  architectural elements visible above all from the outside.

The building has got a raised and crossed pitched roof, Its covering has been realised with the typical "chiancarelle" ( typical stones of our area). The facade is marked by a  "portale ad ogiva" ogive door, by a 2nicchia a lunetta"  (recess that has got the shape of the moon) and by a little "rosone a raggiera" (rose window). At the top there is a little  rib vault bell-tower with only one fornice "campanile a vela con un solo fornice".

the walls inside the church are decorated by many paintings. They date back to the 17th century but they were revised  different times. These layers of paintings are visible above all on the wall behind the main altar. This painting was revised by the local painter Francesco Carella, in 1802. he was the son of the most famous Domenico Carella who painted the Duke Palace's rooms.From an iconographic point of view we distinguish in the centre the Virgin Mary "effige" (effigy) and downward the Saint Nicola surrounded by other Saints. If you look carefully it is visible that there were other paintings under these ones. If you turn  around , on the "costolone" (rib) we can see the figure of an elegant man. He was probably the man who ordered the commission. Then on the right  there are the SAint Antonio Abate painting,  the Pietas, The Virgin Mary of Rosary with "clipei",  that are shields were the most important episodes of the life of Christ are told. On the lateral  walls, next to the door, there is the painting of Saint Antonio from Padova and in the other side Saint Francesco from Paola. On the left wall the  paintings are ruined. We can catch "La Strage degli innocenti"  (the massacre of innocents) and Saint Margherita.

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The church is one of the oldest at Martina and presumably dates from the 14th century, the period of the Angevin foundation of the place. Over the centuries the little church underwent various modifications; the biggest ones were in the 17th century. The structure is characterized by a modest rectangular hall and by late medieval architectural elements to be seen above all on the outside. Indeed, the building has a roof with raised pitches intersecting with a covering done with the typical chiancarelle. The façade is marked by an ogival portal, a lunette niche and a small rose window with a radial arrangement. It is all crowned by a light sail bell tower with a single archway.
There is a vast figurative repertoire in the decorations of the church walls, with a complex painterly cycle dating from the 17th century and several times retouched. The stratifications of frescoes and the most evident retouches are visible above all on the wall behind the high altar. Here the mural painting was heavily retouched in 1802 by the local painter Francesco Carella, the son of Domenico Carella. From an iconographic point of view, in the centre there stands out the effigy of the Virgin and below St. Nicholas surrounded by saints. The strip below clearly shows the existence of earlier frescoes.
Turning clockwise, on the groin you glimpse the elegant figure of an individual, perhaps the person that commissioned the church. On the right there follow the paintings of St. Anthony Abbot, Pietas and the Madonna of the Rosary with the clypei bearing the most significant episodes from the life of Christ. On the wall to the side of the entrance you perceive St. Anthony of Padua on one side and St. Francis of Paola on the other. The frescoes on the left wall are in a very poor state; you can make out The slaughter of the innocents and St. Margaret.

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The church is almost always closed.

Bibliography
Marinò, P. - Maturano, N. (1985), Martina Franca, immagini e storia, Fasano (Br), Schena Editore.

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Inquiry The church is one of the oldest at Martina and presumably dates from the 14th century, the period of the Angevin foundation of the place. Over the centuries the little church underwent various modifications; the biggest ones were in the 17th century.

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Martina Franca | Guide to Puglia | The Thinking Traveller

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An exploration of the lovely Valle d'Itria (trulli country!) would not be complete without a visit to Martina Franca, the largest town in the area.

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