The church of Santa Lucia martyr is the symbol of Percile because with its twin bell towers it dominates the image of this village on the border between the Aniene Valley and the Sabina. Santa Lucia is the patron saint of Percile.
The church is joined to the Borghese castle and was initially the chapel of the castle even if its current form should date back to the fifteenth century.
A first major renovation took place during the 16th century and mainly concerned the interior, while the two external bell towers were only built in 1914.
The limitation of the space in front of the church makes it not very visible and its facade appears that of a simple plaster building adorned only by an entrance door with a marble frieze and two niches on its sides.
The interior of the church of St Lucia is a single room with a coffered ceiling while the altar area and the side chapels are inserted in niches delimited by round arches. The altar stands out from the style of the church due to the Baroque richness of its marbles and among the works that the church holds you can admire a wooden crucifix, some stones dating back to the Roman period and two frescoes reproducing the Madonna del Rosario and San Domenico .
Above the entrance area is a choir loft which housed an organ.
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