The church of the Capuchin Friars Minor, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, was built on a hill along with the adjoining Convent between 1608 and 1609, and, as documents of the time show, the work was carried out also with the support of the Sanlurian population that has always been particularly linked to the Friars’ community.
Church and Convent were built in the style of Capuchin buildings of the time, characterized by simplicity in their architectural lines and the Franciscan character of their few statues and restrained furnishings, but over the centuries they both underwent restorations and expansions that changed their original appearance.
Of the 17th-century building, only the first chapel on the left dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin is preserved.
The church today is three-aisled, welcoming and ornate, and was solemnly consecrated on October 7, 1926.
