Convento dei Padri Passionisti

This monastery is a study in rigorous geometry. The building is arranged around the church, its two main blocks, one a large, three-storey parallelepiped, the other a smaller, two-storey version of the same form, linked by a perpendicular arm at the rear. Constructed from tufa blocks, partly rendered, the exterior is defined by extreme linearity. The only relief comes from the symmetrically placed windows, almost all rectangular, save for a few round-arched openings on the left front and a single pointed arch on the second floor of the principal block. The austerity continues within: square rooms open onto a long corridor, where the sole decorative flourish is an arched passageway with exposed voussoirs on the left wing. It is a place that makes no concessions to ornament, finding its dignity in clarity of line and the honest texture of local stone.

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