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San Giovanni in Venere

Saturday, after leaving the cemetery, we drove over to San Giovanni in Venere near the town of Fossacesia, overlooking the Adriatic. According to tradition, the original building dates back to the Sixth Century when a small oratory dedicated to Saint John the Baptist was built over a pagan temple dedicated to Venus. In 847 that [...]