6/18/2010

Quire of Voyces sings at the Chiesa di San Francesco in Maiori on Saturday, June 19, at 8.30 pm

Incantato Tours proudly presents the QOV concert venue for Saturday, June 19: la Chiesa di San Francesco in Maiori.

The beautiful Chiesa di San Francesco was constructed in 1405. It is located between the convent and the Cove of the Announced one (Grotta dell'Annunziata) in Maiori. The church has a rough history: In 1435 it was destroyed by the army of Muhammad II (Turkey) and rebuilt one year later by Saint Bernardino from Siena. A sea storm hit the Chiesa di San Francesco hard in 1440. It was destroyed and in 1517 reconstructed on the oriental side of the convent. But the work was interrupted again by a Turkish invasion. In 1590 the construction was finally completed. Last but not least there were several constructive modifications after two seas storm in 1631 and 1674.

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