Chiesa di San Fermo

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Lonely Planet review

At the river end of Via Leoni, Chiesa di San Fermo is actually two churches in one. Franciscan monks raised the Gothic church in the 13th century over the original 11th-century Romanesque structure. Inside the main (Gothic church) your attention is first drawn to the magnificent timber a carena di nave, a ceiling suggesting an upturned boat's hull. In the right transept are preserved some 14th century frescoes, including some fragments depicting episodes in the life of St Francis.

Stairs from the cloister lead underground to the spare but engaging Romanesque church below.