 Esperia's mayor at the time reported that in his town, 700 women out of 2,500 inhabitants were raped and that some had died as a result.The church of Santa Maria Maggiore and San Filippo Neri in Esperia Superiore houses a painting by Taddeo Zuccari and a 1521 bas-relief.The Baroque Lauretana Chapel, in Esperia Inferiore dedicated to the "Madonna di Loreto" has a 16th-century wooden Madonna and several paintings by Luca Giordano.