The wooden choir dates to the 17th century. In the fifteenth century, at Palazzo Falvo the Renaissance was introduced at Cosenza, in the "Giostra Vecchia". Here are located the church and monastery of Saint Francis of Assisi. The Latin cross plan has a nave and two aisles. In the nave stands the impressive high wooden altar built in 1700. Above it is a painting by Daniele Russo representing the "Perdono d’Assisi "(1618). The left aisle is home to a wooden 17th-century crucifix, the altar of the "Madonna della Febbre" and the statue of the "Madonna with Child", in marble, dating to the 16th century. The sacristy has a painted wooden ceiling, a wooden "armadio" representing episodes from the Passion of Christ and pictures of saints and Franciscan friars. The stone arch is characterized by the painting of St. Francis of Paola, while on the walls are some frescoes dating to the beginning of the 15th century. The "Castello Svevo" ("Swabian" or Hohenstaufen Castle) was originally built by the Saracens on the ruins of the ancient Rocca Brutia, around the year 1000. The castle was restored by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, adding the octagonal tower to the original structure, in 1239. According to tradition, his son Henry lived in this castle, as a prisoner at his father's command. Louis III of Naples and Margaret of Savoy married in the castle and they both settled there in 1432. All signs of the ancient Saracen structure have now disappeared. In the internal cloister, the modifications made by the Bourbons in order to convert it into a prison can also be seen. The entrance-hall is covered by ogival arches with engraved brackets. A wide corridor is dominated by some fleur-de-lis from the House of Anjou coat of arms. They are engraved on the ribbed Hohenstaufen arches. The church of "Sant'Agostino", also known as the "Spirito Santo", was built in 1507 by the Augustinians. The original portal has several inscriptions in Gothic characters. The interior has a series of paintings from the eighteenth century. Further on a narrow street leads to the so-called “Area of the Bandiera Brothers”, the "Vallone di Rovito".