The rural sanctuary of San Mauro is just a short distance from the town centre of Sorgono, at the foot of Monte Lisai. It is a small village surrounded by a wall, with accommodation for pilgrims, porticoes for the livestock and the large church at the centre.
The church built by Benedictine monks in the XIII century, then adapted and extended in later centuries, has Catalan-Gothic, Mannerist and Baroque features.
The single nave layout concludes with the quadrangular raised presbytery. The large nave is articulated into six aisles with pointed arch, onto which opens out a series of Palladian niches; while in the presbytery, we can find the Baroque style high altar whose niche houses a statue of San Mauro.
Outside the large buttresses support the structure and roof, highlighting the internal subdivision into aisles. The facade, in squared trachyte ashlars, is enclosed between angular buttresses and concludes with a flat crenelated end point. The Mannerist portal opens out on the facade, with classic columns either side which support the architrave with curvilinear gable, and large Gothic rose window with moulded cornice and arched eyebrow supported by angels.
Wide steps lead up to the facade which join the building with the square opposite, featuring two lions holding up the shields of Aragon.
