Chiesa di San Francesco Borgia

This is a church of the Baroque period, its rectangular form and semicircular apse built from unadorned natural stone. The roof is a simple, functional affair of two pitches covered in terracotta tiles, supported by wooden trusses, a practical structure for a place of worship. The entrance is marked by a circular porch, or protiro, leading to a drum that supports a stone cupola, its roof radiating outwards like a sunburst of tiles. One might expect the theatrical flourishes of the Baroque, the gilded stucco, the dramatic chiaroscuro, but here, the drama is in the geometry and the material itself. The church is a solid, almost rustic presence, its architectural gestures clear and purposeful. It is a building that speaks of faith made manifest in stone and tile, a quiet, weighty volume in the landscape, content to let the light and the liturgy provide the ornament.

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