chiesa di torre Landolina

On the fringes of the historic centre, the Torre Landolina church stands as an odd, quiet hybrid. Its core is a medieval tower, a defensive stump of masonry later converted into a place of worship. The building is made of continuous rubble stonework, roughly plastered over, with only one squared limestone ashlar visible at the north-west corner. This single, neat block hints at a more careful original construction, now mostly hidden. The roof is a simple pitched affair of wooden trusses, giving the interior a plain, barn-like character. It is a structure that wears its two lives awkwardly: the hard, practical shell of a watchtower, softened by the modest gestures of a chapel. There is no grand portal or ornate campanile; just a stubborn, functional shape that has been quietly repurposed, a local footnote to the island’s layered history of fortification and faith.

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