San Giovanni Battista, Sessa Aurunca

The church was built originally in a Gothic style, as evident by the lateral monofore windows. The Baroque facade with two flanking towers. The clock-tower on the left has a depiction of a Hercules killing the Lion which alludes to the lion on the crest of Sessa. On the right tower is a bust of Marco Romano, a 15th century priest, who donated his possessions to the town.

The crescent-topped tympanum has a bas-relief of the Madonna della Misericordia (Madonna of the Mercies) with attendant donors of a confraternity sculpted at her feet. The nave has a 15th century mural depicting St Catherine of Alexandria. To the right of the presbytery is a stucco altar with a 19th-century painting depicting the Holy Family.^[2]