Chiesa di San Francesco

This is a church of the Franciscan order, built, as was common for such foundations, on a simple Latin cross plan. The single nave and transept are surmounted by a circular dome on a cylindrical drum, a feature that speaks to a later, more ambitious renovation. The original fabric is most legible in the façade, constructed from neat blocks of compact limestone. Its great splayed portal culminates in a pointed arch, rich with geometric and floral mouldings, its flanking twisted columns ending in crocket capitals. Above, a much-reworked rose window, framed by a double-dentilled cornice supported on slender columns perched on two small lions, is decorated with acanthus leaves. A later enlargement subsumed this original front into a broader, gabled elevation. The square campanile rises in three stages, the topmost fitted with a clock on each face.

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