Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie

Tyrrhenian Coast


The most impressive of San Marco d' Alunzio's churches is Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie, where there's a Domenico Gagini statue of the Madonna con bambino e San Giovanni (Madonna with Child and St John) from 1481.


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