San Nicola da Tolentino, Palermo
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San Nicola da Tolentino | |
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Roman Catholic | |
Province | Archdiocese of Palermo |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Location | |
Location | Via Maqueda, Palermo, Italy |
Geographic coordinates | 38°06′50″N 13°21′46″E / 38.11383°N 13.36276°E |
San Nicola da Tolentino, or more in non-dialect known as the church Saint
History and decoration
A plaque in the church indicates the site once housed a synagogue.
The statue of San Niccolò da Tolentino in the facade was added in 1687.The facade defines the longitudinal layout of a tall central nave and lower flanking aisles, separated from the nave by pilasters and arches. The nave leads to a crossing transept, with a dome, and lastly to a recessed apse. The lateral aisles open to individual chapels. The first chapel on the right has a 1494 baptismal font with a statue of St John the Baptist derived from the nearby, now demolished church of San Giovanni dei Tartari. In 1874, the parish of this church was assigned to this church. In one of the chapels was buried a Spanish Archbishop of the Fajardo family, an Augustinian prelate, who was captured by Muslims while on route to Sicily. Ransomed, he soon died in 1694.[3] On the left nave, is a canvas depicting the Immaculate Conception by Pietro Novelli.[4]
San Nicolò alla Kalsa and San Nicolò la Carruba
The church of San Nicolò alla Kalsa, also known as dei Latini, was located in Piazza Santo Spirito, near the
References
- ^ In Gaspare Palermo's text, he notes that the temple was referred to as a Moschita, which is dialect for the meschita now moschea, or in English mosque. Gaspare suggests that it is possible the site had a mosque prior to the Norman vanquishment of Saracen rule.
- ^ Guida istruttiva per Palermo e suoi dintorni by Gaspare Palermo and Girolamo Di Marzo Ferro; Publisher Pietro Pensante, Palermo (1858); page 319-323.
- ^ G. Palermo, page 323-324.
- ^ Citta Metropolitana of Palermo, tourism entry.