Santa Maria del Soccorso

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This church was built in the seventeenth century. It is located within the perimeter of the Roman excavations of Villa Jovis. The simple appearance recalls the typical Capri buildings with vaulted roof, inside you can admire a beautiful canvas of the Virgin, but it is outside that opens one of the most enchanting views of the island.

In the Spiazzo that formerly served as a belvedere of the villa, was erected a bronze stele with the statue of the Madonna, which replaced, in 1979, the previous damaged by lightning in the course of a night of burrasca and mysteriously disappeared.

Heroic was the transport of the statue (5 meters by 11 quintals weight) that took place thanks to a helicopter of the American Navy, a Sikorsky RH-53-D. The courtyard, in fact, leads the viewer to dive into the whole of the Sorrento Peninsula and the Gulf of Naples.

Only during the days of Saint Mary’s Feast, on 7 and 8 September, in the church is celebrated the Mass in his honor.

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