Chiesa delle Croci Sante

This brick tower-church on Piazza Diaz is a sober essay in neoclassical design. Its rectangular plan and semicircular apse rise over two storeys, capped by a simple double-pitched roof of terracotta tiles. The façade is framed by pilasters on a stone base, with a moulded cornice dividing the registers and a triangular pediment above.

The ground floor centres on a stone portal with plain jambs and a lintel, flanked by neoclassical rusticated blocks. Above the door, a blind elliptical oculus echoes the symmetry typical of such restrained church architecture. The upper register holds a single, broad, low-arched window.

Inside, the single nave is covered by a barrel vault with lunettes, while the slightly raised presbytery features a niche for a statue. The apse has a half-dome vault. The space is divided into bays by round arches on square piers and pilasters with Corinthian half-capitals. Two side chapels open off the last bay. The overall interior decoration is rather austere neoclassical, matching the exterior’s quiet dignity.

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