The Church of Santa Chiara (Saint Clare) is located in the old town on the corner of Strada Tresca and Strada Santa Chiara in an area overlooking the Norman-Swabian castle. The building once stood next to the city walls that branched from the castle and enclosed the old town; they were torn down in the early 1900s. The church bell tower is situated on the south side opposite the façade of the small church of San Giovanni Crisostomo (St. John Chrysostom). On the outside, the church appears simple and humble due to its tuff façade and stone portal. On the inside, however, it conceals a refined Baroque style, adorned with stucco, inlaid marble altars, and highly valuable paintings. The Baroque bell tower consists of many architectural orders and is still visible on the right of the church, though missing its characteristic onion dome, destroyed during World War II. The bell tower metaphorically acts as a hinge between the church and the adjacent convent that also functioned as a redemption house for ""repented young ladies"". For several years now, the old convent of the Poor Clares has played an important role in the community, operating daily as a soup kitchen for the numerous needy. The interior of the single-nave church is embellished with eight side chapels, some with a polychromatic marble altar. A series of wooden jalousies (adjustable shutters) above the side chapels once hid from sight the cloistered nuns attending the mass celebrations. The high altar is situated in the Presbytery that is bordered by a polychromatic marble balustrade. It is the work of the architect D.A. Vaccaro who had built the Cathedral of St. Sabinus. The 18th-century paintings by the English artist P. Fabris hang on both sides of the altar, and are particularly noteworthy. The one on the left depicts St. Francis of Assisi holding a cross, while the one on the right shows St. Anthony of Padua cradling the Infant Jesus. There are two paintings on the ceiling; the central one, by Andrea Miglionico, represents the Saints in Glory, while the other, by N. Gliri from Bitonto, portrays the Transitus of St. Clare. The church also houses paintings by artists from the workshop of Titian.