San Giovanni Rotondo

A place where faith and art intertwine in a sublime embrace.

La monumental Via Crucis, a masterly work in granite and bronze by the Sicilian sculptor Francesco messina, is not just a spiritual journey, but a real open-air museum.

"When the Capuchin Fathers Clemente da Santa Maria and Carlantonio called me to see if I was willing to model a Via Crucis I immediately replied that my worn hands no longer allowed me to accept serious jobs and, thanking them, I asked them to turn to others. (...)

But as soon as they managed to explain themselves it was like a blow to the head for me.

I couldn't refuse. A wish of the venerated Father, who had the kindness to remember me, could not fail to be fulfilled."

Every step along this sacred path resonates with the call of history and the sacred, a call that invites reflection and devotion.

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