Santa Lucia Auditorium (Former Church of Santa Lucia) | |
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41°12′30.1″N 13°35′19.61″E / 41.208361°N 13.5887806°E | |
Location | Gaeta, Lazio, Italy |
Address | Via Ladislao, 27 |
Denomination | Catholic |
Website | https://scuoladimusicagaeta.com |
History | |
Dedication | Saint Lucy |
Consecrated | May 8, 1765 |
Architecture | |
Style | Romanesque |
Groundbreaking | 11th century |
Completed | 13th century |
The Santa Lucia auditorium is a concert hall set up in the deconsecrated church of the same name,[1] formerly Santa Maria in Pensulis, located in the historic center of Gaeta, in the province of Latina, on Via Ladislao.[2]
It is the oldest church in the city,[3][4] being the result of the 11th-century expansion of a pre-existing early medieval place of worship;[5] closed to worship in 1966, it was deconsecrated in 1972 and is owned by the municipality of Gaeta.[6] The building is, together with the church of San Giovanni a Mare, an example of Gaeta's Romanesque architecture, characterized by early Christian and Byzantine influences.[7]