San Gerolamo church
Set in a glade between Capoterra and Poggio dei Pini, the church was already known in 1565 as sheltering the monks devoted to San Gerolamo. Its origins, however, are obscure, but since it is west oriented, which is unusual for a church, it probably began its existence for a different purpose, becoming a church afterwards.
This country church was the set of a canonry until all its goods passed to the State; so, it was abandoned until the end of the 19th century, when the Cannas Boy family considering it their property took possession, and restored it and re-established it as place of worship.
in the small square in front of the church, on a marble plaque that is placed on the wall of a neighbouring house, there is the epitaph to the hermit Francisco de Quentia.
The church's façade has bare mouldings and a round-arched door in the middle, which is the only entrance. The simple altar is directly opposite to door, and behind it there is a painting much worn by time and beside it, the Franciscan coat of arms. The inner walls are simple too: their linearity is broken only by a niche containing the miniature of a statue and by another recess with a faded painting on the right of the entrance. A wonderful baroque shell shaped holy water stoup completes the interior decoration.
The bronze bell in the small bell gable is very precious. It is decorated on both sides with two little bas-reliefs that portray the Madonna holding the enthroned infant Jesus surrounded by four angels, and San Gerolamo with kneeling lion doing penance before a crucify.