The church of Santa Chiara was built simultaneously with the seminar between Lanfranchi 1668 and the 1672, on the initiative of the bishop of Matera Antonio del Ryos Culminarez; the church was part of the 'new houses' neighborhood built to house those who worked inside the seminary. Its construction and that of the adjacent area therefore date back to the phase immediately following the appointment of Matera as the seat of the Royal Audience of Basilicata: during this period political and commercial activities began to shift, focusing on the Plan. The facade features various ornamental and artistic elements. The wooden door is of eighteenth-century workmanship and is richly decorated, around it the decorations of the portal on whose sides two columns develop; above is the coat of arms of the bishop of Ryos. The central niche above houses a statue representing the Madonna del Carmine, while in the two sides we find Santa Chiara on the right and San Francesco on the left. On the top of the semicircular window there is an additional niche inside which a blessing representation of God is allocated. Inside there is a single nave with a barrel roof that ends in a pointed arch. Behind the high altar there is a wooden riser which constitutes one of the most interesting elements of the church. There are also other altars adorned with paintings and statues of undoubted artistic value.