The church of Santa Maria
in Foro Claudio
(Caserta) and its paintings. The restoration interventions
of the last century and some interpretative notes
The restoration of the Ventaroli complex started about a century ago and continued throughout the entire
20th century. During this prolonged period of time, there has been the opportunity to deepen the research
carried on by other scholars and to further understand the history of this building. The architect Margarita
Asso carried on a restoration campaign around the second half of 19th century. She discovered the presence
of a different building, much larger than the current one, erected during the Paleochristian era, with an
anterior space attributed to a Baptistery. At the end of the XI century, the structure was built again with
the current blueprint and, from that point on, the building can be identified as being the church that in
the 1114 act Riccardo, count of Carinola, declared constructed
a fundamine
in the outskirts of the city of
Carinola by his mother Anna.