The Sanctuary is located 3 km from Carovigno, in a natural peaceful and relaxing landscape at 100 m altitude. The church and the ancient rupestrian settlement today are a destination for many pilgrims, who wish to worship the miraculous image of the Virgin Mary. The church, built in 1500, is currently in neoclassical style, after it was restructured in 1875 as ordered by count Alfredo Dentice, which can be read on the plaque on the façade. A system of natural caves on two levels is located under the building (1500): a long staircase composed by 47 steps links the church with the caves underneath. The staircase is composed of a compartment with barrel vault, a closed entrance on the right hand side and a little apse with frescos on the left. One of the frescos shows the Virgin Mary with the Infant. It dates back to 1530. Along the staircase there is a fresco of the Vergine del Belvedere who holds a little bird in her hand: this is the upper crypt, with a niche dating back to 1501 and commissioned by Loffreda, feudal lords of Carovigno, to the sculptor Giovanni Lombardo, from Ostuni. The access arch to this crypt shows fragments of a fresco representing the Archangel, which confirms the original toponym of the Sanctuary “S.Angelo di Luco”, as indicated on a document of 1160. The lower crypt contains two more frescos of the Virgin: the most ancient one, late 14th century, attributable to the gothic style from Siena, and the second one, located on a baroque altar, 15th century.