Convento S. Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli (ex)

The Convento S. Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli is a former monastery, its architecture a quiet exercise in rectangular discipline. The building is organised around a sixteenth-century cloister, where the elevation steps from three to four storeys, each facade articulated by a continuous run of small suspended arches that trace the exterior and interior alike. On the ground floor, all spaces are vaulted; above, wooden ceilings and pavilion vaults take over. To the east, a rectangular wing set at an angle contains a portico with cross vaults. The roof is partly pitched, partly flat. The load-bearing structure is of tufa pillars and masonry walls. It all suggests a building designed for orderly communal life, where the geometry of the cloister and the rhythm of the arches impose a calm, measured logic on the stone and air.

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