Chiesa di Santa Maria di Monserrato

This church, built in the Baroque style, presents a compact, double- and triple-height form with a roof of trusses clad in Marseilles tiles and traditional curved tiles. It stands in a district known as Seminario e Ginnasio, above the present cemetery on the road to Agrifoglio. The facade is divided into three sections, reflecting the three aisles within. The central field contains a handsome portal in the Renaissance taste, while above, in place of the customary rose window, there is a simple window. The prospect is crowned by a pediment resting on two pilasters topped with Ionic capitals. The central aisle culminates in a dome over the high altar, whose altarpiece is in the Baroque style. The aisles are marked by rectangular pilasters of stone-and-brick conglomerate, clad in finely worked stucco. This is an unshowy but confident building, its Baroque character expressed in the dome and altar rather than in any theatrical facade.

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