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Church of Santa Maria del Piano or De Equo
The Church of Santa Maria de Equo of Ruscio, today Santa Maria del Piano, is considered of Lombard foundation but the structure dates back to XII or XIII century. The church reuses Roman blocks (with two pads of solar symbolism) and preserves sixt...
Parish Church of San Nicola
The parish Church of San Nicola di Bari, attached to the castle, was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1703. Among the rich works of art, there are a painting attributed to Giuseppe Ghezzi and another that testifies an ancient popular belief (the te...
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows of Ruscio is built in the mid eighteenth century by Don Filippo and Don Biagio Peroni (uncle and nephew) and preserves various eighteenth-century works. Outside there is a plaque pointing to the passage of Giusepp...
Church and Hospice or Hospital of St. James
The building of the Hospital of St. James Church (institute of XIII-XIX century under the dependencies of the Hospital of the Star of Spoleto) has the following inscription on the lintel: "NON NOBIS D (o) M (in) (E) SED NOMINI TUO "(Lord...
Church of San Bernardino of Siena
The Church of San Bernardino, now desecrated and abandoned, does not appear in the documents of the pastoral visit of Cardinal Eroli (1465), but it is already described in ruins by Lascaris Bishop (1712). The facade retains a third century portal,...
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