Chiesa del Carmine

Built in the seventeenth century to house the Carmelite fathers, the Baroque Chiesa del Carmine overlooks Corso Vittorio Emanuele, the main square of Carovigno. Next to the church, the adjoining convent is now the seat of the municipal administration.\n\nThe sober facade, framed by lateral pilasters, welcomes the original portal from the eighteenth century, decorated with capitals with acanthus leaves and topped by an architrave with a broken pediment. In the upper part of the facade opens a window crowned by a slightly projecting arch.\n\nInside, along the single nave, there are 8 chapels where precious sixteenth and eighteenth-century paintings are preserved. The pulpit and the main altar, with its baroque design, feature the painting of the Virgin of Carmel placed between twisted columns.\n\nRecent restorations have brought to light fragments of the original frescoes, especially in the cloister, and two access pits to the ancient burials.