Cappella del Borgo di Torre Guidaccia is a 19th century farm chapel at Via Clarice Tartufari 2, in the Castel di Decima zone.
The nearest main road is Via di Trigoria.
History[]
The chapel is listed as 19th century, and looks as if it were built by a private individual. The farmstead is apparently mediaeval in origin, although it does not appear in the usual sources.
The complex is now run as a luxury rural hotel, and caters for weddings (however, the chapel is rather small for the purpose).
Appearance[]
This is a charming little edifice, very vaguely Gothic in style and definitely an amateur build. It has a rectangular plan, and is in brick with a pitched and tiled roof. The external walls have a grey tufo stone plinth, and are very roughly rendered in a dull reddish colour.
The side walls each have three Gothic (pointed) single-light windows with brick frames which are slightly in relief. There is a segmental apse, with two vertical slit windows.
The roof protrudes over the façade to give a shallow canopy. The single entrance is flanked by a pair of the windows, and has a white limestone tympanum carved in shallow relief.
On the roof at a point over the right hand side of the façade is a very crudely made cement bell-cote or campanile, with a gabled top and a vaguely round-headed aperture for a single bell.
The interior is tiny, all in white. The apse has a simple table altar, with a cross (not a crucifix) behind it in the apse. This makes one think that the chapel is inter-denominational -that is, you can get married here whatever your faith or lack thereof.