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Piazza
del Popolo
Formerly ‘Piazza Sant'Agostino’, it houses the church dedicated to the saint of the same name.
📍Church of Sant'Agostino, Former Convalescent Hospital, Museum of the Confraternity
Church of Sant'Agostino
This church is the result of the amalgamation of three sacred buildings that arose at different times: the church of Santa Croce, the oratory of Sant'Egidio and the church of Sant'Agostino.
The presence of Augustinian friars within the city is documented from 1303.
The church complex we see today was certainly already in operation in 1335: Santa Croce is the oldest portion, with the adjoining Convalescent Hospital.
The bell tower was originally the turret of the entrance gate of the town hall (it still bears the town's coat of arms).
Next to the complex stands the cloister of the former convent.
Inside the church, one can admire traces of Renaissance frescoes, a precious wooden crucifix from the 15th century and the altarpiece of the Madonna of the Rosary from the 16th century by the painter Giorgio da Orte.
Situated in a corner of Piazza del Popolo, the small palace with its loggia was donated in 1667 by Simon Alonso (as recalled by the plaque on the façade) to the Confraternity of the Trinity to establish the Hospital of the Convalescents there.
The latter was to house the poor discharged from the Hospital of Santa Croce for the time needed for further treatment.
