Rinaldo D’Alessandro, La chiesa abbaziale di Santa Maria della Sambucina, incunabolo cistercense in Italia meridionale
Estratto dal fascicolo 61-62 (gennaio-giugno 2024)
The Abbey church of Santa Maria della Sambucina, a Cistercian incunabulum in Southern Italy
The Abbey of Santa Maria della Sambucina is one southern Italy’s most important Cistercian monasteries. The monastery is seen as playing a central role in the history and development of the order of the white monks. In spite of this, the abbey’s architecture has not yet been thoroughly explored, and historical sources, though known, have for the most part been left untouched. The documents record numerous upheavals that the complex has been through. This paper intends to look into the history of the abbey, disassembling its construction and comparing it to other contemporary buildings, as well as looking at the written sources. There is a completely new interpretation of the phases of its construction, and, subsequently, the complex has been given a new timescale. Analysis has provided a reconstruction of the original layout of the main nave of the church and later changes to its interior, opening up new horizons for research.
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3 Settembre 2025, 15:01