| This church dates back to the dawn of the city, where a flourishing Greek colony of Taranto, intone the fourteenth century, it moved inland, reaching Martina, a small village that was slowly forming. The church, fully respecting the architectural style of the late-medieval churches that have already been found to Martina, like Greek and St. John of St. Vitus. The plan is rectangular and the original entrance was located on the short side, that overlooks Via Cavour. In fact, the entablature of the entrance is highlighted by a nice geometric pattern back at Renaissance. Now the actual input is placed on the longer side, overlooking the square. The portal does not present any major decorative element except the edicoletta lunette, newly decorated, and the bell tower with a stone cross. The coverage of the classroom is assigned to the characteristic rectangular roofs pignon. Inside there is a fresco representing St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Lucia and St. Agatha. In the small sacristy is a fresco depicting the Ecce Homo.
In 1888 this church was established at the Confraternity of the Precious Blood, attached to what Pope Pius VII erected in Rome September 26, 1815 in Church of St. Nicholas in Prison, it keeps a sculpture depicting the shed blood of Christ and a canvas reproducing the same subject.
The church is closed to the public and is opened only in special cases such as in St. Lucia, in fact improperly by the inhabitants is also called the church of Santa Lucia. |