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CHURCH OF SAN CONO Address: Square San Cono - Street San Vincenzo – Castelcivita (SA) Heritage: Ecclesial architectural Date of construction: 14th century Original intended use: Place of worship Current intended use: Place of worship Constraint: Building of historical and artistic interest Brief historical-architectural description: The church dedicated to San Cono dates back to the 14th century. The building was completed in 1344, presumably built on a pre-existing construction. At the entrance there is a door of the seventeenth century, the church has a single nave with 7 altars. A lateral staircase leads to the crypt of the church characterized by a complex plan. The space, in fact, is divided into three naves, with cross vaults, a deep apse area and an early 18th century chapel. The crypt is covered with eighteenth-century stuccoes. In the 9th century the Basilian monks dedicated the church to the cult of San Cono. Valuable artistic-architectural decorative elements: sumptuous high altar with rich frontal on which the image of San Cono and balustrade is carved, from the eighteenth century made by Giovanni La Mania, Padulan marble worker; wooden pulpit from the 17th century; 16th century fresco of San Tommaso d'Aquino; reliquary bust of San Cono by the sculptor Giacomo Colombo. Photoes: cartographic image of Google Maps; facade and interior of the Landi Anna church October 2018; stuccoes and organ in the lower area of ​​the church brochure "... discovering Castelcivita"