Chiesa di S. Michele

This church presents itself with the quiet authority of an early Christian basilica, its plan a clear, three-aisled rectangle ending in three semicircular apses. A portico shelters the entrance, leading to an axial doorway in the façade. The brickwork facing is plastered on the front, but on the other sides it is left exposed, revealing a decorative band of herringbone-patterned river pebbles set into the wall, a small, pleasing detail of local craft. The roofline is equally deliberate: the central nave rises under a double-pitched roof, while the side aisles have single slopes, their eaves marked by the façade’s gables. The rear wall climbs higher than the roof ridges, and the apses are capped with low semi-cones, their peaks sitting below the corresponding nave roofs. The portico’s roof matches the side aisles in pitch. All is covered in traditional curved tiles. The building’s geometry is its story: a clear, sober statement of early Christian architectural principles, adapted with local materials and a practical eye.

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