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Architecture
The architecture of the Basilica of St. Peter Alli Marmi is inspired by Norman architecture. Norman architecture is characterized by its massive proportions in simple geometries, the masonry with small sculpted aggregates, and hooked brackets around the arches.

The architecture is also characterized by its single-lancet windows (window, without subdivisions made of transfigured stone), and by its apse area (end of the ceiling), which is decorated with frescoes of which traces remain only in the lateral apses. Frescoes made by the artist Giovanni Luca De Luca between 1564 and 1578 (son of Giovanni Luca de Magistero). Furthermore, the left apse is frescoed with the images of Saint Andrew and Saint Peter while another represents the resurrection of Christ.

Altar
In the center of the crypt there is an altar which preserves the body of the Saint in an urn, which has also a linear crucifix from the 17th century on top. To the left of the crucifix there is the linear statue of San Fedele of Sissmariga, a work from 1690 by Giacometti Colombo (1663-1731). On his right there is the linear statue of S. Berniero, from 1610, by the sculptor Donato Villano of Naples.

Church
The Church of the Basilica of St. Peter Alli Marmi shows typical signs of Baroque architecture, such as the superstructure and decorations.

The Fathers lived in the convent until the Napoleonic military occupation of 1806, which was then followed by the decree of suppression of the 7 of August 1807.

In 1928, Gino Chierici was ordered to begin the liberation of the church, the superstructures and decorations.

In 1929 the church’s roof fell and both the central and left nave were destroyed, bringing down also the columns and capitals. Fortunately, both remained intact and so reconstruction wasn’t impossible, except most part of the single-lancet windows.