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San Francesco d’Assisi
Corso Vittorio Emanuele • Daily 8am–noon & 4–6pm • Free
From Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Via A. Paternostro swings right to the thirteenth-
century church of San Francesco d’Assisi, whose well-preserved portal, picked out
with a zigzag decoration, is topped by a wonderful rose window – a harmonious
design that is, for once, continued inside. All the Baroque trappings have been
stripped away to reveal a pleasing stone interior, the later side chapels showing
beautifully crafted arches – the fourth on the left is one of the earliest Renaissance
works on the island, sculpted by Francesco Laurana in 1468.
