Church of Saint Mary Impensole

The church is called S. Maria Impensole, because it was built on the slope. The date of construction or reconstruction is from 1175, as stated in the architrave of the central door. The severe lines, the elaboration of its parts, even could be joined by a pure and simple occasional fact, suggest that the artists who built it, wanted to take care of it in a particular way, because they almost presaged the charm, that this building it should have exercised in the minds of the narnese and visitors of all time. The construction took place on the remains of an older structure, dated to the eighth century, traditionally identified with a temple of Bacchus, of which it maintained the supporting structure. There are certainly many reasons of interest that this church arouses with its adjacency, among other things in the basement there are two Roman cisterns.

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