Sanctuary of the Virgin of Taburnus

The sanctuary is located in the territory of Bucciano, at an elevation of 544 metres above sea level,[1] on the southern foothills of the Taburno Camposauro massif.

[4] The news spread rapidly in the area, and Carlo Carafa, count of Airola, had a chapel built in the vicinity of the cave.

The prior of the convent acted as priest for the population leaving near the Fizzo source of Bucciano, and since 1571 the monks held the Corpus Domini procession by themselves.

[5] In 1743 the monks decided to leave the monastery and move to a new one built near Airola, and the decision was approved in 1753 by Brancone, State Secretary of the Kingdom of Naples.

The people of Moiano and Bucciano protested to Charles III of Spain and later, in 1779, to Ferdinand IV, arguing that the state of neglect claimed by the Dominicans was a mere need of maintenance, and that architectural elements had been taken from the sanctuary and used in the newly built convent.

Ferdinand IV ordered the monks to celebrate mass daily at their own expense, but this did not stop the progressive decline of the structure.

52 The following year structural reinforcement works were conducted, and further restorations occurred in 1925, with financial aid by Bucciano people who had emigrated to the United States.

The baked clay floor is the only remaining part of the original church, and is composed of octagonal paving stones of different colours.