The church of "Santa Maria della Quercia"

Description

In the valley of Terracina (Italy) and precisely in Scifelle's street is present a fairly tall and curved wall. it is the apse of a basilica at the early Middle Ages. The wall structure is constituted by a series of crosslinked tesserae inserted in horizontal rows and alternating with rows of bricks. There is no news on who this church was dedicated but in epoch medieval the valley of Terracina was full of churches and chapels and because of this peculiarity it was given the name of "Valley of the Saints"