{"id":538,"date":"2022-06-10T17:09:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcaiazzo.it\/?page_id=538"},"modified":"2022-11-06T22:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T21:54:35","slug":"gli-interni-chiesa-della-ss-annunziata-di-caiazzo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcaiazzo.it\/en\/the-church-of-santissima-annunziata\/the-interior-church-of-ss-annunziata-of-caiazzo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Interior Church of SS. Annunziata of Caiazzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Interior Church of SS. 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Decorative motifs with angels are instead present at the base of the frames of the various chapels.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>THE CHAPELS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The church consisted of seven chapels or altars, the seventh was included in the chapel of S. Maria della Neve with the title of S. Maria della Piet\u00e0.<\/p>\n<p>To the left of the altar was the chapel of S. Maria Addolorata, later known as San Bernardino following the movement of the latter from the church of S. Francesco, with the burial at the foot of the altar of the chapel of the deceased brothers.<\/p>\n<p>To the right of the altar was the altar of the Nativity of the Lord or Crib surmounted by a painting depicting S. 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