Chiesa di Santa Maria del Borgo

The Church of Santa Maria del Borgo called Templar Gothic, shows, in the present structure dates back to centuries. XIV, two magnificent “portals” on the facade that runs along via Margherita, characterized by brick cornices with geometric decorations. The left portal, which is the entrance, is topped by a panel with T (TAU), the symbol of the cross used in the Middle Ages and hired by the powerful Military Order of the Knights Templar; the other to the right bears the ancient coat of Castignano with chestnut on three hills. To the right stands the “bell tower” added in 1517 without cusp. The frescoes inside, including the “Madonna with Child” and the recently restored “Madonna and Saints”, testify, however, the existence of an older church, which tradition says was founded by the Templars before the arrival of the monks Benedictine, which they expanded and changed the church. A clear indication of what the adjoining hospital, working until the eighteenth century; always present in the churches of this order warrior.