What to see
Prior to its destruction in 2016, San Salvatore was a stone Romanesque church with a double-nave layout framed by a single symmetrical façade. The exterior featured two rose windows, a narrow portico anchored by a central column, and two carved portals — the left depicting a lamb and the right bearing the date 1491. At the rear stood a bell tower, begun in the 15th century by local artisans and completed around 1538 by Lombard masons. Inside, the left aisle housed a timber loggia with an iconostasis alongside frescoes painted by Giovanni and Antonio Sparapane, Nicola d'Ulisse, and Domenico di Jacopo. The right aisle retained its 1528 "schiazze" floor of multicolored local stones, etched with an unrealized architectural plan for a bell tower.
Visiting
Following the catastrophic collapses on October 26 and 30, 2016, the ruins of San Salvatore are entirely closed to the public. Rescue workers managed to salvage a wooden crucifix and fresco fragments from the rubble. An ancient Roman altar once used as an immersion baptismal font had already been relocated to the parish house in the 1970s to prevent theft.
Our editors' tip
When viewing the site from the perimeter in Campi, look for the ashlar masonry at the base of the rear bell tower, which survived the 2016 destruction alongside sections of the outer walls.