On the external side facade there is a small stone sculpture, obtained from a single block probably of a building previously built there; it is a bas-relief in the shape of a shrine representing San Michele. The aedicule, certainly prior to the sixteenth century, has a rounded upper side and in the center San Michele is depicted as an angel with outstretched wings, a raised halo, wrapped in the chlamys worn by wayfarers and messengers. Archangel Michael is represented in the most ancient meaning, the one that sees him holding in his left hand the globe marked by the cross that symbolizes the sky, while in his right hand he holds the stick, a sign that identifies him as a messenger of God. of San Michele has a very strong meaning and it is strange that the bas-relief was relegated to a side facade. It is probable that the aedicule of San Michele was located on the main facade and was then moved laterally, in 1625 following the restoration carried out by the aforementioned Fra Marco Aurelio Salduerio.
To the left of the main altar, from the sacristy room through a narrow and winding staircase you enter a small 18th century wooden choir delimited by a decorated balustrade.
The left side altar is enriched by a beautiful canvas by Carelli, painter from Martina Franca, depicting San Gaetano da Thiene; on the second altar on the left you can appreciate a Santa Lucia, also the work of the Bitonto painter Altobello.
To the right of the nave, a canvas depicting S. Andrea di Avellino in ecstasy by Carelli made in 1775 and a Madonna with child probably made by Altobello.
Finally, on the right side of the main altar, we find the papier-mâché images of Saints Cosma and Damiano by the Lecce master Giuseppe Manzo (in the photo) dated 1919 donated to the rectory by a devoted Putignanese.
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