Complesso di Santa Maria della Consolazione

This is a complex, a monumental unit split into two adjoining architectural halves: the church and the convent. The church follows a Latin cross plan, with a single, long nave beneath an open timber roof, a deliberate contrast to the cross-vaults found elsewhere in the building. Two side chapels sit at the ends of the transept. Outside, a square, buttressed campanile rises on the right flank. The façade is divided into two registers: a portal on a moulded plinth below, a wide rose window above.

The convent is a more rambling affair, composed of two adjacent blocks. The southernmost section perches dramatically over the valley below. Rising from semi-basement levels to two upper floors (the topmost aligning with the church floor), its rooms are arranged around a central courtyard, with internal cross-vaults and a two-storey loggia. A place of distinct architectural personalities, side by side.

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