CHURCH OF SAN FRANCESCO, Presentation

The Church of San Francesco has a Romanesque facade, with Gothic elements, divided into three sectors with different heights; the highest is the central sector.

Adjacent to the church is the convent of San Francesco, which unfortunately is not open to visitors. The church has always been entrusted to the Franciscan Friars Minor.

The interior of the church, divided into three naves, is in mainly Lombard Romanesque style, with imposing pillars and high cross vaults. As you approach the main altar, you’ll notice that the chancel, dating to the early 13th century, features lighter Gothic lines, with three square apses and a ceiling supported by broad pointed arches.

Against the wall in the central apse is the large polychrome marble funeral monument to Cardinal Charles d’Angennes de Rambouillet, who died in Tarquinia in 1587.

In the chapel on the right, initially known as the Cardini Chapel and then as Falsacappa Chapel, observe the 17th-century painting by Pier Francesco Mola depicting Christ speaking to Saint Bridget of Sweden, and the stucco work with liturgical emblems alluding to the Passion of Christ....