Santa Maria Impensole, Romanesque church in Narni, Italy.

Santa Maria Impensole is a Romanesque stone church in central Narni, built in 1175 on the remains of an 8th-century structure. Its three naves are divided by low rounded arches on columns with allegorical capitals, and the roof is timber-trussed. At the end of the nave are a small apse and a stone altar on six small pillars, with a 17th-century statue of the Assumption.

The church was built in 1175 as a Benedictine place of worship, as an inscription on the central door's architrave records. It rose on the remains of an 8th-century structure traditionally identified as a temple of Bacchus, whose load-bearing structure was kept. Two Roman cisterns survive in the basement.

The name Impensole likely comes from the Latin 'in pisilis', meaning overhanging or held in suspension, a reference to the church's position on a slope. The main portal carries carved friezes of a lion, an eagle, a lamb and a peacock, each with symbolic meaning, and above the arch stands a sculpture of Christ the Redeemer, which some sources identify as Saint Benedict.

The church sits at the start of Via Mazzini, one of Narni's main streets, making it easy to find and reach on foot. Wear comfortable shoes since the surrounding old town has cobblestone streets and sloping paths.

The name Impensole likely comes from the Latin 'in pisilis', meaning overhanging or held in suspension, a reference to the church's position on a slope. Beneath the building, two Roman cisterns survive from the earlier structure on the site.