San Pietro Caveoso
Guide
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 10–20 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A baroque church perched at the very edge of the gorge, the classic photo with the caves across the ravine behind it.
A brief history
First built in 1218 and given its present front in the 1600s.
Tips
- Best time
- Dusk, when the Sassi light up
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 10–20 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually open daily (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Sasso Caveoso: The southern cave district under the rock church of Idris; the classic view.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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