The Cathedral of the Madonna del Ponte: history, art, devotion
The chapel of the Sacrament
The chapel of the Sacrament
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Balustrade
Crescenzo Trinchese, 1758-1765
The balustrade was assembled between 1791 and 1792 using elements from the one in the presbytery, made in 1758, which also included the Rococo brass gate
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The Chapel of the Sacrament is located in the spot corresponding to the original shrine built around 1200 on the bridge that connected the city of Lanciano to the Fiera Plain, where the image of the Virgin was placed.
The Chapel was built between 1790 and 1792 and decorated in stucco and scagliola by the Lombard Alessandro Terzani. The altarpiece, originally from the destroyed Church of the Annunziata and reused here, depicts the Last Supper and was executed in 1601 by the Ortona-based artist Tommaso Alessandrino. It was enlarged at the bottom for this occasion in 1828 by the Lanciano artist Nicola de Arcangelis.
Access to the chapel is provided by a polychrome marble balustrade created by the Neapolitan marble worker Crescenzo Trinchese (documented between 1743 and 1784). It was assembled between 1791 and 1792, largely reusing elements from the presbytery’s balustrade, which also included the Rococo brass gate.
The altar is also the work of Crescenzo Trinchese; it was commissioned by the then Archbishop Giacomo Leto (Bishop of Lanciano from 1754 to 1769) and consecrated in 1762, as noted in the inscription on the front of the altar (DEIPARAE MARIAE DE PONTE ARCHIE PISCOPUS LETO NAPOLITANUS HANC SACRAVIT AREA – A.D. MDCCLXII).
There are also two lateral roundels created by Donato Teodoro (a painter from Chieti active in Abruzzo in the 18th century), depicting respectively Jesus Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well, and the risen Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene.
A lateral entrance leads to the corridor-gallery designed by Filippo Sargiacomo during the works to fill the moat under the bridge.
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