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The suggestive Sanctuary of Macereto is located on the plateau of the same name near Visso, in the Sibillini Mountains National Park. It is an extraordinary example of Renaissance architecture in the Marche and was in the past the site of alleged miraculous events and therefore of widespread popular devotion.
It was built in 1529, in place of a previous church of 1359, by Giovan Battista da Lugano probably on a project by Bramante and subsequently finished in 1556 under the guidance of Filippo Salvi da Bissone.
On the outside, the Sanctuary has an octagonal plan, covered in travertine with projections on three sides on which the three entrances of the church open and with sculptures that enrich the portals and capitals.
Inside, the structure is distributed on a Greek cross plan, with the four arms ending in four apses with niches. In the center is the primitive chapel with the Latin inscription that recalls the story of the miracle of Macereto.
Source: https://www.turismo.marche.it/it-it/Cosa-vedere/Attrazioni/Santuario-di-S-Maria-di-Macereto/268