Parco e Museo Genna Maria
Villanova Forru

The church of the Magdalene, founded in 1582, is a magnificent example of the Aragonese Gothic style. 

The gabled façade is framed by two buttresses with rectangular bases that taper upwards, with curvilinear contours and rounded tips, culminating in a cross. 

The Renaissance portal, enclosed by two half-columns in stone decorated with Catalan motifs, is surmounted by a triangular tympanum and a rectangular window in line with the portal. 

The façade is also adorned with two large basalt fonts.

A charming bell-gable stands on the left side of the building, buttressed, as on the right. 

The building, with its single nave and wooden vault, is divided into five spans, supported by three round arches, the external buttresses of which bestow stability and grandeur on the structure. 

The quadrangular apse, which features a cross vault with stone ribs that rest on finely worked corbels, preserves a multicoloured, gilded wooden altar, probably created by an anonymous artisan in the 17th century.

The altar presents a niche adorned with acanthus scrolls, inside which there is the statue of the Magdalene. 

There are two other altars adjacent to the presbytery: the statue of the Risen Christ can be admired on the right while, on the left, there is a statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. 

Moreover, in the left wall there is a small niche that houses the effigy of Saint Lucy.