The church, of which there is documentary notion already in 1094, It is part of an ancient Benedictine monastery and appears to have been so named due to the allocation of Armenian communities in Matera. The facade, in the late Romanesque style, It is topped by some blind arches while on the front door there is an arch where is engraved with the inscription Santa Maria de Armenis. The interior consists of three naves and apses with arches and walls that retain traces of ancient frescoes, columns trapezoidal capitello, and a courtyard which is accessed by a decorated portal where you overlook the environments of the ancient monastery. From the 1660 al 1774 It housed the confraternity of St. Francis of Paola and later was incorporated into the Palazzo Lanfranchi Seminary. At the end of the road a portal surmounted by a round arch engraved with the inscription Santa Maria de Armenis: Madonna of the Armenians, whose devotion was brought to Matera probably by Armenians, an ethnic component of the Byzantine armies. Carved with decorative architectural elements forming a series of half lunettes and arches, It gives access to the church of Santa Maria de Armenis, as previously in the documentary notion 1094 which it is composed of three naves and apses with arches that traces of ancient paintings and a large courtyard accessed through a nice decorated portal overlooked by the old monastery environments. A church on the cliff together with Saint Lucia and Agatha church in the district Malve and the underground church of Santa Maria della Valle,The money order in the district, It documents a Benedictine presence which was not included as part of the city, but it occupied areas and places near and that, while on the Matera area before the eleventh century, He imposed itself more with the arrival of the Normans in the twelfth century. The church housed the confraternity of St. Francis of Paola from 1640 al 1774, when it was built the new worship building, when the church was incorporated into the Seminar. It was used as a quarry until 1958 When depopulation of the Stones was abandoned. The complex is currently used for various cultural functions such as exhibitions, concerts and gastronomic events.