Shrine of the Beata Vergine del Sasso

The church was built between 1802 and 1831 to house the image of the Blessed Virgin with the Child that had previously been inside a cave carved into the cliff. In 1945, a terrible bombing destroyed both the building, except for the two bell towers, and the 15th-century holy image.

Reconstruction of the present church ended in 1951, the year in which the painter Giovanni Franchi donated to the shrine an oil-on-wood painting reproducing the ancient effigy that was lost during the war.

Of particular interest inside is an 18th-century painting of the "Madonna Enthroned with Children, Angels and Saints," probably made by the French painters, and a beautiful painting by the Carracci depicting the Madonna del Carmine with saints Pietro, Paolo, Giovanni Evangelista and Francesco.