A devotional niche on the front facade of a 17th century residential building in the mountain village of Barcis in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, north east Italy. The 18th century niche features a faded fresco and a small weathered statue of a religious figure. It is framed in Baroque style with classical elements - fluted pilasters, a broken pediment, projecting entablature. The house is vernacular
