Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

The Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista is identifiable by its striking façade of alternating horizontal bands of white marble and dark green serpentine stone. Built between twelve forty-four and thirteen oh seven, the church serves as a clear architectural marker of the period when the Republic of Genoa extended its control over this coastal territory. The date thirteen oh seven is formally recorded on a stone in one of the columns near the altar, marking the completion of the structure.