Sant'Antonio Abate (Palermo)
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Sant'Antonio Abate is a Renaissance church in Palermo .
description
The church is at the intersection of Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Roma . Built in the 13th century in the form of a Greek cross, it was fundamentally renewed in the 15th century and, after a severe earthquake in 1823, it was restored in a neo-Gothic style . The bell tower was built by the Chiaramonte as a defense tower . A staircase leads to the entrance, on the sides of which sculptures of Saints Peter and Paul by Antonello Gagini are placed. The dome from 1536 is supported by four granite columns, the eight columns in the presbytery have capitals from the 13th century.
Furnishing
- Zoppo di Gangi : panel paintings of the saints Carlo Borromeo and Antonio Abate
- Gaspare Serenario : two panels "Christ and the adulteress" and "Christ and the centurion" (1757)
- Antonello Gagini : Marble relief with passion scenes
- Giuseppe Crestadoro : panel "Stories about S. Anthony and the Virgin Mary" (1781)
- Umile da Petralia : Ecce homo (17th century)
- Francesco Pennino: a baptismal font carried by a putto (1755, based on a model by Ignazio Marabitti )
literature
- Adriana Chirco: Palermo la città ritrovata . Flaccovio, Palermo 2002, ISBN 88-7758-469-6 .
- Pierfrancesco Palazzotto: Palermo. Guida agli oratori. Confraternite, compagnie e congregazioni dal XVI al XIX secolo . Kalós, Palermo 2004, ISBN 88-89224-07-X .
- Cesare De Seta, Maria Antonietta Spadaro, Sergio Troisi: Palermo - Città d'arte. Guida ai monumenti di Palermo e Monreale. 3. edizione aggiornata. Kalós, Palermo 2002.
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Coordinates: 38 ° 7 ′ 1.6 ″ N , 13 ° 21 ′ 49.1 ″ E