Basilica of Santa Maria a Pie' di Chienti

The Basilica of Santa Maria at Pie' di Chienti was a former Roman Catholic monastery and church located in a rural site on the north bank of the Chienti river, just outside of the town of Montecosaro Scalo, in the province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy.

The pope Sixtus IV transferred the property to the order of the Ospedale di Santa Maria della Pietà of Camerino.

The Romanesque stone church we see today was rebuilt in 1125 by the Lombard abbot Agenolfo or Adenolfo.

The church once had a lower crypt, above an elevated presbytery and three radial chapels emerging from the apse.

The perimeter of the apse had an ambulatory that allowed lay visitors to walk without disturbing the cloistered monks in the central choir space.

Façade of church.
Semicircular apse of church, located on the east end of the church with small chapels.
Interior nave.