Cappella cimiteriale ALOE’

This chapel, a single-storey cemetery building with internal burial niches, presents a sober yet eloquent essay in funerary architecture. Its main façade is a study in contrasting materials: a two-tiered stone base, interrupted by three access steps, supports a facing of exposed brickwork. A projecting central stone avant-corps anchors the composition. The rectilinear portal, framed in the Florentine style, supports a slightly projecting architrave, a moulded cornice, and a triangular pediment with acroteria tipped with palmette decorations. Within the tympanum, a bas-relief winged hourglass, an unambiguous emblem of life’s transience. Above the architrave, a moulded structure bears the chapel’s incised dedication. A stringcourse of stone floral motifs runs the building’s perimeter, breaking the brickwork. The crowning entablature is richly decorated, with a moulded stone structure stepping upwards to a central cross. The frieze is plain on the avant-corps, incised with Alpha and Omega; along the sides, it runs with a stone Greek key. The cornice itself is ornamented with egg-and-dart and acanthus leaves. A wrought-iron gate of geometric pattern completes the ensemble.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.