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The second level is occupied by the tympanum and archivolt at the center and by blind arcades with caryatids at right and left.
The neoclassical chapel's faade is made up of a tympanum supported by two pairs of pilasters on the sides.
The main facade features a tympanum surmounted by a louvered bell tower topped by a pyramidal roof.
Above the tympanum is a prominent cornice with balustraded parapet.
It is decorated with chevrons, but has a plain tympanum.
A thick stripe runs from the snout, across the eye and tympanum, and then breaks up into blotches on the sides.
Stained-glass tympanum overlights to entrances; gable apex features stained-glass rose window; copper cross finial above.
The most notable feature of the church is the elaborately sculpted south portal, particularly the tympanum.
