The Romanesque church of St. Antonino was built in the eleventh century.
It is built where the saint had miraculously caused a water source to appear in Pofi.
It has an interesting portal and several frescos including a Last Judgment, painted on the inside counter reminiscent of the "Divine Comedy".
Legend has it that under the church of St. Anthony is the pagan temple of Aesculapius, and, surprisingly, the Pofi coat of arms depicts a snake coiled around an oak.
According to some scholars the name Pofi could come from the Greek phrase "Hoi ap'ophios" or "those of the snake" in reference to the god Aesculapius.
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