Chiesa di S.Antonio

 

The chapel, also called The Chapel of Sailors, was built, in honour of Saint Antonio from Padova, protector of Anacapri, in  the central part of Scala Fenicia, exactly in the period in which the Scala Fenicia was the only connection between the two municipalities of the Island.The first establishment of the chapel dates back to the middle of 17th century, but an epigraph on the front of the church recalls its restauration and its enlargement in 1899. The exterior is characterized by a small, semicircular terrace, delimited by low parapets, upon which was laid a seat. The interior consists of an atrium, surmounted by a barrel vault and a small squared area for sacred rites,covered with a ribbed vault and surrounded by a small apse.

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