Santa Rosalia ai Quattro Coronati
Santa Rosalia ai Quattro is a church building in Palermo that the holy Rosalia and the Four Crowned ordained is.
Building history
The church in the district of Capo was commissioned by the Compagnia dei Quattro Coronati. Construction was completed in 1690 .
Building description
The only decorative elements of the extremely simple facade are the strongly protruding, split-segment gable supported by volutes and the slightly cranked cornice that separates the main facade from the gable. The interior of the single-nave church with side chapels is structured by pilasters , the capitals of which are decorated with palmettes and support a surrounding, strongly cranked cornice. The windows and pillars of the belt arches are decorated with Rococo ornaments.
Furnishing
- Panel painting "Annunciation" (unknown master, 1st half of the 18th century)
- Painting "Santa Rosalia" by Vincenzo La Barbera (1577–1647)
- Painting “Madonna, Child with Saint Capuchin” by Elia Interguglielmi
- Wooden, polychrome crucifix (19th century)
- Several pictures by unknown painters in the sacristy
literature
- Adriana Chirco: Palermo la città ritrovata . Flaccovio, Palermo 2002, ISBN 88-7758-469-6 .
- Cesare De Seta, Maria Antonietta Spadaro, Sergio Troisi: Palermo - Città d'arte. Guida ai monumenti di Palermo e Monreale. Foreword by Rosario La Duca. 4a edizione . Edizioni ARIETE, Palermo 2004, ISBN 88-89224-00-2 .
- Pierfrancesco Palazzotto: Palermo. Guida agli oratori, Confraternite, compagnie e congregazioni dal XVI al XIX secolo . Kalós, Palermo 2004, ISBN 88-89224-07-X .
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Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 0.9 ″ N , 13 ° 21 ′ 12.6 ″ E