The church of the Holy Cross in Genazzano is located on a steep staircase right next to 'Porta Romana'.
Its location inside the city walls and its style date back to the Middle Ages and probably belonged to the monastery of Subiaco, which at the time controlled much of the territory of this part of Lazio.
In 1400 Antonio Colonna built a hospital next to the church which remained in use until the bombing of 1944.
The facade is very simple, with just a doorway surrounded by a frame and a picture frame must have had a fresco, that leaves one to imagine the beauty of the interior.
The interior is a single very appealing space totally frescoed with the fourteenth and fifteenth century paintings that make up three cycles. The first includes the portraits of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, St. Anthony Abbot and St. Francis.
The church is adorned with a font obtained from a capital and is closed to worship.
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