ABSTRACT
The plan of the church of Santa Maria del Quartiere, in its original drawing, dates back to the beginning of XVII century and was plausibly attributable to the architect Francesco Aleotti, thanks to the financial support of Ranuccio Farnese. In 1610, Giovan Battista Magnani modified the early design by adding the choir and the cloister on the South side. The centric plan definition of the Church is characterized by a rigorous hexagonal prismatic structure, which ends with two overlapping “pagoda” bodies. Outside, the volume compactness is only interrupted by ribs protruding from the large angular pillars and by the hexagonal slender bell tower.
