S. Nicolò di Bari

The church of S. Nicolò di Bari presents a robust, homogeneous load-bearing masonry structure, its walls tracing the full perimeter. Inside, a series of pillars defines the central nave, the crossing, and two side chapels. The central nave is capped by a masonry, lunette-vaulted barrel ceiling, set upon the north and south walls, and covered by a recently restored double-pitched roof, likely of wooden trusses. The side aisles, in contrast, are vaulted with cross-ribbed stone ceilings, supported by the perimeter walls and the nave pillars, topped with a single-pitch roof resting on beams embedded in the outer walls.

The crossing is a more complex affair: bounded by four substantial piers supporting great arches, it is surmounted by a hemispherical dome on pendentives. To north and south, the transept arms extend, each finished with a lunette barrel vault. These three volumes are unified externally beneath a single double-pitched roof, again probably timber-framed. The presbytery and apse are defined by their perimeter walls, which carry the roof. The two chapels flanking the transept are structurally independent, each formed by four corner pillars supporting a small dome, with a pavilion roof above the enclosing walls.

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