Chiesa di Sant'Antonio

At the edge of Rione Monti stands the Church of Sant'Antonio, completed in 1926. It is one of the very few modern buildings to adopt the trullo form: the facade is built with the characteristic dry-stone technique and crowned with a trullo cone, making it look like someone expanded a trullo into something big enough to hold a congregation.

The effect is a little theatrical — clearly a deliberate architectural statement about local identity — but it works better in person than in photographs. Inside, the church is quite plain. Worth a look from the outside; go in if you happen upon it open.

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