Tancas Abertas

In the 16th century, the Observant Friars Minor left the Loreto church and built a new convent on the outskirts of the city, consecrated in 1575.

The expansion works lasted almost two centuries, with significant interventions between 1691 and 1696, when the convent became a Regional College for the education of Missionaries destined abroad.

The church was restored coinciding with the convent.

After the suppression in 1867, the convent was converted into a barracks and school, while the church was returned to worship in 1936.

The church has a single nave with side chapels and a magnificent wooden altar, started in 1691, decorated in green and gold.

The convent features a cloister with a portico and a 18th-century fresco of Saint Bonaventure.

In 1982 it was recovered as the San Francesco Cultural Center.