Convento di Sant'Agostino

Matera


Centred on the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, this 16th-century monastic complex in Sasso Barisano was built by the monks of the Order of the Emeritus of St Augustine. Open during mass, it features an 18th-century organ and noted painting of the Madonna with Child.


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