The area around the town centre where
the walls used to stand is dominated by churches and convents,
also brick-built. Approaching the centre from the South, the
first to be encountered is the pitted, unfinished facade of San
Francesco. A little further on, the facade of San Bernardino
(like that of Sant'Ignazio more to the North), consists of a fine
geometrical pattern created by relief effects in the brickwork.
To the West, the scene is dominated by the massive bulk of San
Nicol˙, a blend of architectural parts with dome, towers
and turrets around the apse.
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