Madonna del Carmine, Marsico Nuovo

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The Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Raia Occidentale in the town of Marsico Nuovo, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata, Italy.

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The church and the adjacent monastery of San Tommaso di Canterbury were first erected between the 13th and 14th centuries. The sober neoclassical-style facade has a 14th-century main portal with four slender columns and a rounded marble arch. Inside the church is a 14th-century wooden sculpture depicting the Madonna and Child attributed to Giovanni di Nola.[1]

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