Succhivo between History and Tradition juice is a town of about 300 inhabitants located only 500 meters from the most famous village of Sant'Angelo, south of ' Island of Ischia.
E 'lies at the heart of one of the most renowned and beautiful coastal landscapes of Italy, between the green slopes of vines el'acre smell of orange groves. Succhivo spread across that line streets in old orchards, wineries and farm houses, surrounded by silence because not reached by the noise of the cars. Who do you happen to September can still assist the work of the harvest, often practiced techniques traditional.
The center consists of juice and a group of houses, the Church of Montevergine and quaint shops with local crafts and agricultural products.
Juice, popular destination for tourists as it offers a restful atmosphere but at the same time picturesque and cheerful. The subtropical nature, the spas with natural thermal baths and saunas, the coves of clear water, sports centers for every kind of discipline, food, fine wine and hospitality of the inhabitants are to suck a piece of paradise yet intact.
also why the country every spring ripopola of visitors who keep coming back for years, to spend a period of confidence.
HISTORY
juice has very ancient origins. From discoveries occurred in areas not far away from the church of Our Lady of Montevergine (whether it is Roman coins with the inscription "Maximinus Pius") we could say that in this town and the place called "Fumerie (Panza) will be allocated a community that do business with the ancient Rome during the empire of Trajan.
The Church of Santa Maria di Montevergine The Church of Santa Maria di Montevergine was founded in 1684 by the family Mattera During the 700 was often kept by hermits.
The small church it houses many interesting works.
Entering the temple, placed in a niche on the left wall, you can appreciate the polychrome wooden sculpture of St. Vincent Ferrer, made by an arista active field in the nineteenth century. The saint is depicted with the distinctive Dominican habit, with his left hand holding a book (symbol of wisdom) while his right hand is stretched out authoritatively up.
In the sacristy are kept a wooden statue of the Immaculate crushing the serpent and paintings by unknown artists active between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In particular, you can enjoy a view of San Francesco di Paola with the Virgin (A classic product to a popular character in the line of votive offerings), a Vision of St. John Joseph and a picture of Saint Lucia, represented with the characteristic blue coat and the classic hallmarks of his martyrdom: a glass eye in his right hand and the left palm.
The main altar dates from the nineteenth century. It has two hanger brackets, decorated with scrolls framing a covering of the front wall decorated with a cross made central ray.
At the bottom of the altar and pillars are elegant pair of cherubs.
On the back wall of the apse you can admire the most significant work between those preserved in the church: an oil on canvas depicting the Holy Mary with St. Nicholas and St. Anthony. 'S work can be traced back to a Spigna, a painter originally from Lacco Ameno (one of six island communities). The attribution to the painter
Lacchese is supported by the appearance of the letters, comparable to those of other saints made by the artist in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Ischia Ponte.
The painting has long been stifled by extensive repainting on the throne and on the mantle of the Virgin, affixed a plaque to the warning below, in 1897 by a sculptor named Hierdis.
Fortunately, the restoration was removed in 1995 by the Superintendence.
On the left wall of the altar, finally, is the unknown of a local painter of the eighteenth century, imitating the ways giordaneschi. It represents the Madonna of the Rosary along with the Dominican saints and down, in a large oval, the 'ineffable portrait of the donor in prayer.
Procession 8 September The Procession of 8 September, for juice, one of the most intense and meaningful ways to express their soul and their history.
The procession, which brings the streets of the village the Virgin Mary and the Saints Gabriel and Michael, defies the years and centuries and is repeated every year with its full load of emotions and feelings. It is, for the inhabitants of the small country, the fruit of a deep felt and genuine tradition that has always managed to combine the values \u200b\u200bto the religious feelings of participation and sense of belonging to the Community.
a religious event, therefore, an expression of popular culture and witness of the moral qualities that have always characterized the people of juices. With deep admiration and
unchanged, Blow is about every year to relive this extraordinary event. The whole country is extremely proud that, faithfully celebrating its history, celebrates itself and its identity never forgotten.
INFO FOR PROCESSION: WEDNESDAY '8 hours 7.30 Banda Musicale "Aurora" City of Panza. At the end, S. Mass in the square opposite the Church
For historical references see:
Gino Barbieri, The village of Sant'Angelo on the island of Ischia
