"The high altar is topped by an interesting dome with a geometric motif. The exterior painting of Saint Christopher is ancient. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
With the dedications of the interior altars, this church boasts more saints than worshippers."

Ottavio Beccegato

"The church of San Rocco, known as the Madonna del Carmine, also known as the Church of Carmelo, is located in Scanno.
This church is also called the Madonna del Carmine, because it has been the seat of a brotherhood of that name since August 23, 1784, when King Ferdinand IV of Naples approved the foundation of the brotherhood, which had existed since 1600.
The church with these names is the result of the demolition of two churches (of San Rocco and of the Blessed Sacrament), which probably occurred towards the end of the 17th century, and the construction of the current church, although it has been remodeled several times.
The date of construction of the original building is unknown, however, many records from the early 16th century describe the church as having many chapels, suggesting that the church had been built several centuries earlier. The church of San Rocco, larger than that of the Blessed Sacrament, enjoyed the privilege of being a baptistery.
A church register from 1688 lists a chapel of San Rocco.
In 1909, to build the road to Villetta Barrea, the bell tower was modified.
On the street façade of the bell tower is A small shrine with a stone statue of Saint Leonard.
On the façade of the building attached to the right of the church is a fresco of Saint Christopher.
The longitudinal layout is surmounted by a cross vault supporting a choir.
The façade is divided into three levels by two cornices and a crowning with Roman tile corbels and is enclosed by corner pilasters. Furthermore, it must have once consisted of a portico that likely faced the lower church of the Blessed Sacrament, whose arches are closed with squared stone blocks, while the upper areas are plastered.
The portal is in 16th-century style, surmounted by a broken tympanum containing a niche surmounted by another broken tympanum. Inside the niche is an oval with a fresco of the Virgin Mary.
The interior has a single nave, with pilasters on the walls supporting a frame that supports a barrel vault with lunettes and frescoed.
The altar area is higher than the rest of the church. This area ends in a semicircular apse with a half-domed vault decorated with stucco coffering. In the area in front to the left of the altar is a wooden pulpit where, according to local tradition, none other than Saint Bernardino of Siena preached. Beneath the pulpit is a confessional.
Inside are the wooden half-length statue of the Madonna del Carmine with Child, a work by a 17th-century Neapolitan artist, complete with rich robes and crowns, which the Princess of Scanno, Francesca di Tocco, donated to the Confraternity. The statues of Saint Rocco (located on the right altar) and of Our Lady of Sorrows and the Dead Christ (located on the left altar), the latter of which are the work of an artist from Lecce delle Puglie, donated by Nunzio Rossicone."

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