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Pale. The hermitage of Santa Maria Giacobbe, built around 1200 to worship ‘Maria Jacobi’, one of the pious women supposed to have been present at the cucifixion of Christ. The small church was restored in 1712 and is decorated with frescoes that can be divided into votive and ornamental painting. the most mysterious fresco in the sanctuary, depicting the Santo Volto of Lucca. This work certainly predates 1392.

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Umbria - The healing sanctuaries between the sacred and the profane
Pale. The hermitage of Santa Maria Giacobbe, built around 1200 to worship ‘Maria Jacobi’, one of the pious women supposed to have been present at the cucifixion of Christ. The small church was restored in 1712 and is decorated with frescoes that can be divided into votive and ornamental painting. the most mysterious fresco in the sanctuary, depicting the Santo Volto of Lucca. This work certainly predates 1392.