San Mauro crypt or Our Lady of the Rite - Presicce
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Description
Just outside the town of Presicce, on the road connecting the town of Taurisano to the village of Pozzomauro, is the crypt of San Mauro just behind the chapel of St. Mary of the Rite, a small rural church of Basilian origin.
Athough only a few ruins remain, of both the crypt and the church, it is worth a visit to the frescoes decorating it, dated back between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The crypt is divided into two aisles and nowdays it is only possible to see some fragments of the paintings, probably of saints including Saint Caterina of Alexandria and a scene of the Annunciation in the right aisle.
Originally the crypt was connected to an underground oil mill, where the mangers are still recognizable as well as some collecting wells and the area dedicated to grinding.
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