ex monastero dei SS. Graziano e Felino

At the suppressed abbey of SS. Graziano e Felino, the monastic buildings spread around two roughly rectangular courtyards, a study in architectural accretion. The first, hard by Piazza De Filippi, encloses the original Benedictine core. Here, six octagonal stone columns with Romanesque capitals of stylised foliage survive, supporting low-arched arcades. These form the entrance portico of the present-day lyceum, covered by cross-vaults; similar vaults roof a narrow corridor within the municipal offices along Via S. Carlo. The courtyard elevations, remade over centuries, offer two storeys of plain rectangular windows.

The second, larger court abuts the flank of the church of S. Graziano. Its newer buildings step down the notable slope between the two piazze: what is two storeys from the courtyard becomes three facing the square, the lowest an arcaded portico. The complex tells its long history in stone and space, a palimpsest of cloister, school and town hall.

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