S MARIA DEL BANDO
        Built in XII century, so named because from the covered gallery came the proclamation of those elected to the Dukedom, or in another version the names of those condemned to death. Tradition has it that the Virgin Mary interceded for a man unjustly condemned to be hanged . The episode is shown in a painting of the fourteenth century above the altar next to the Madonna and Child , in the left hand is portrayed a man in adoration who has a broken knot around his neck.
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          Worth noting:: a Cinerary Urn from the Julius- Claudius dynasty, and a precious majolica pavement...

          Nowadays from the high rocks proclamations are not sent down but the much more spectacular Stella Cometa (Star-Comet) , that on Christmas Eve every year brings good wishes for residents and tourists...

          Accompanied by the sweet music of the zampone ( a reed pipe), in the magical little square , altogether to sing and wait for the scintillating comet that at the stroke of midnight , with fireworks and to the ringing of bells, passes through the sky of Atrani...

          Then after good wishes , with Panettone and Champagne in hand, New Year Eve arrives: with the exhibition of a local musical folklore group ,the Stagnariello.

          Near the small Church , the antique House of Gargano, that belonged to the maternal grand-parents of Masaniello ( who was half-Atranese), and the more famous Grotto of Masaniello: a small natural cavity where in 1643, hunted down by the soldiers of the Vicerè of Naples, tradition has it the hero took refuge...

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