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Scarcelli, Cariglio, Pesco and Marina di Fuscaldo
Fuscaldo’s hamlets and their churches: Santa Maria della Stella at Scarcelli, San Michele at Cariglio, the Madonna del Soccorso at Pesco with the feast of 5 August and the Rosario at the Marina with Bertè’s Last Supper.
Fuscaldo is not only the upper village. Between the hill and the sea the municipality spreads into hamlets that each have their own church and their own feast. At Scarcelli, on the road to Paola, Santa Maria della Stella was built with the alms of the faithful: it has three naves, a bell tower on the right side reached from inside, a painting of the Madonna della Stella by Genesio Gualtieri of Mormanno and, on the façade, statues carved by Fuscaldo’s stonemasons. At Cariglio, on the square, San Michele Arcangelo was founded in 1735 as San Giovanni Evangelista, took its present name in 1952 and has been a parish since 1986. At Pesco, set in the countryside, the little church of the Beata Vergine del Soccorso bears on its façade a plaque of 1860 and on 5 August sees the statue of the Madonna carried on shoulders through the streets of the hamlet, after the novena; at San Pietro remains the small Santa Lucia, restored in the 1890s.
On the coast, where the railway and the SS18 pass, Marina di Fuscaldo has its Church of Santa Maria del Rosario, opened on 25 November 1907: inside, an altarpiece of 1973 and the large Last Supper of 1981 by the painter Antonio Bertè, exhibited all over Italy before arriving here in 1983, and a bas-relief Via Crucis by the Roman sculptor Alberto Ricci, of 1980, donated by the art historian Francesco Samà.
Frequently asked questions
- Among the main ones Scarcelli, on the road to Paola, Cariglio, Pesco and San Pietro in the hills, and Marina di Fuscaldo on the coast with the railway station.
- On 5 August, with a late-afternoon procession in which the statue is carried on shoulders through the streets of the hamlet, preceded by the novena in the little church.
What are the hamlets of Fuscaldo?
When is the Madonna del Soccorso celebrated at Pesco?
More places in Fuscaldo
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Old town Old town of Fuscaldo
The village 350 metres up between the Maddalena and the Mercaudo: the stonemasons’ stone portals, the mother church of 1166, San Giuseppe, San Giovanni Nuovo and the memory of the Spinelli marquises’ castle.
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Church of the Immacolata and its twelve-column bell tower
The Archconfraternity’s church (1633) remade by Nicolò Ricciullo, with its 35-metre bell tower of twelve tuff columns carved by Fuscaldo’s stonemasons and Pascaletti’s Immaculate of 1748.
Itineraries through here
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3 daysSea & beachesThree days by the sea
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4 daysTowns & historyFour days among old towns
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3 daysGrand tourFlavours and traditions
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