Purgatorio Nuovo

Church Matera, Italy

The main director of the eighteenth century ridge of the city, the church of the Purgatorio Nuovo

Built between 1725 and 1747 with contributions from the Confraternity of Purgatory and citizens. The design is by the engineer Giuseppe Fatone from Andria. The facade is the work of Vitoantonio Buonvino and Bartolomeo Martemucci, and is convex. All the decorations present, in the Baroque style, focus on the theme of death and the redemption of souls. In the upper part appear angels, baskets of fruit and penitents engulfed in flames. In the center stands the Madonna and Child.