Church of Sant’Anna

Take Via delle Botteghe and beyond the arcade turn left up the steps of Santa Maria delle Grazie: here you find the little church of Sant’Anna, dating back to the 12^th century. The church square is raised by two steps and cadenced by two columns. The façade is the fruit of Baroque rehandling, whilst the extrados apses visible behind the façade are Byzantine. The church is now deconsecrated and nowadays is the home of the St Vincent De Paul Society. Visits may be made after 6pm. The interior of the church is characterised by a nave and two aisles, and three round raised arches separate the aisles from the nave. The arches are supported by Roman half columns or by simple cemented stone shafts. In the right hand apse there is a 14^th century fresco of a “Virgin and Child between two saints”, possibly St Jacopo and St Peter.