The church of Santa Maria, known since the early '700 as "Madonna della Scoperta", is attested for the first time in a document dated 1163. In 1201 some soldiers destroyed the ancient church of S. Maria degli Angeli and the adjacent Convent of S. Maria di Fontana Coperta. In 1602 the church was rebuilt with the same dedication and the same dimensions as the previous one.
In ancient times it was called Santa Maria di Fontana Coperta, from the name of a small monastery dating back to the 12th century. The sanctuary of the Madonna della …