convento, Terzine Domenicane

The convent occupies a long stretch of via Gennaro, its buildings arranged around two courtyards, each from a different period. The first court is flanked by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century structures, their decorative motifs echoing the main façade, which is distinguished by a handsome portal framed between two pilasters and topped with a lunette. This was the typical manner of Baroque monastic architecture in Italy, where the public face of a religious house was given a measured, dignified elegance.

The second court, now given over to a vegetable garden, is bounded on its northern side by a large three-storey block. Here, a splendid portico with cross vaults survives, closed by a loggia of round arches, though much altered. Perpendicular to this, a dilapidated two-storey building still shows three arches identical to those of the portico; others have been walled up. The complex speaks plainly of centuries of use, adaptation, and decay.

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