Sanctuary of the Madonna dell’Angelo Site Features

The position

On the rocks at the point where the beaches meet, with the Adriatic on three sides. There is nothing else like it on this coast.

The ex-votos

Painted panels and boat models left by fishermen in thanks for survival -- the most direct record of what this church was for.

The boat procession

Every five years the fleet carries the image by water. The town's oldest surviving ritual.

The walk out to it

The approach along the Scogliera Viva, past the carved breakwater boulders, is half the experience.