Sacred
architecture
Termoli
Cathedral
Saint
Mary della Strada in Matrice
Saint
George in Petrella Tifernina
Situated
in the old town centre of Petrella Tifernina, the church of St George the
Martyr is an apsidal building with three naves divided by composite pillars
bearing capitals ornamented with geometric, vegetal and figured patterns.
According to an inscription in the lunette on the front portal, which also
bears the name of a Master Elpidio, the church was built at the beginning of
the 13th century. The richly decorated front and side portals are set off by
the beautiful facing made of large well-squared ashlars. The upper part of the
façade presents a row of small arches featuring human and animal protomes, as
well as a large window with an arched lintel decorated with vegetal patterns.
A wide and highly ornamented portal with tympanum opens in the lower part,
with a sculptured lunette depicting the vicissitudes of the prophet Jonas. The
style of the relief of these decorations recalls that of the church of St Mary
della Strada in Matrice.
Saint
Angelo in Grotte