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Rock Church of San Nicola

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Rock Church of San Nicola

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    Location: Mottola, Taranto, Apulia, Italy

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    July 31, 2022

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    inside the church there are several frescoes, including the depiction of St. Nicholas who is illuminated at the heart by a ray of light that passes through a hole in the wall, on the day of the equinox
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    February 24, 2025

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    South-east of Mottola, in the Gorgone area near the Lamaderchia farm, along the ancient Via Consolare which represents a medieval branch of the Via Appia, stands the jewel in the crown of the Mirabili Grotte di Dio Mottolesi, the rock church of San Nicola, so named by Charles Diehl who was the first to describe it in 1894, an object of devotion for centuries of the local inhabitants, as well as of the Crusaders and pilgrims who travelled to Taranto and Brindisi from the inland regions to embark for the Holy Land.

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