Basilica di S. Maria Assunta

The Basilica di S. Maria Assunta presents a stone Romanesque façade of serried, stepped gables, its surface left raw and unrendered. A Renaissance arch portal, flanked by stone columns and framed in carved stone, breaks the masonry; to either side, the slim colonnettes of a medieval entrance are still visible. Above, a single rose window is flanked by two small arched windows.

Inside, the church is a single, open hall. Seven arches on each side define shallow lateral chapels, separated by plastered stone columns. These chapels contain altars and paintings; one is decorated with polychrome stucco. The columns and walls are plastered, the floor laid in terracotta tiles. The roof is open, with exposed wooden trusses and rafters supporting the tiles. A great triumphal arch in stone separates the nave from the apse, where two arched windows with decorated glass flank a triptych. Six similar windows run above the arcades. On the side facing Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, a square stone campanile rises beside the church, its bell chamber pierced by arched windows, a clock face turned to the square.

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