Santa Maria di Portosalvo (Palermo)

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The Santa Maria di Portosalvo is a Renaissance church in Palermo .

history

Construction of the church in the Kalsa district on Corso Vittorio Emanuele began under the direction of Antonello Gagini in 1526 and was completed thirty years later by his sons Antonio and Giacomo . It is dedicated to the Madonna who is said to have shown an admiral the safe haven. In 1581 the construction of the "Cassaro", the south-west main line, which today forms the Via Vittorio Emanuele, began. The church building lost its apse and was adapted to the course of the street, so that it gives off an obtuse-angled appearance today.

facade

The simple main facade is structured by means of flat pilasters , which are interrupted by a dominant entablature . Above that there are three windows that convey the character of a balcony through a low grille. Because there is no gable and the windows are not suspect, the church building looks more like a residential building. Only the triangular tympanum above the entrance portal with a relief "Madonna of the Seafarers" (Madonna, child, putti and two sailing ships) gives the building a sacred reference. The side facade, whose portal from 1559 and the inconspicuous bell tower are ascribed to Giacomo Gaggini , is almost unadorned.

Church interior

Two rows of marble columns divide the interior of the church into three naves. Fedele Casella (1536) created six of these columns with bases and capitals . The side chapel still convey a late Gothic architectural style. The starry sky in the vault was painted by Antonio Scaglione . The triptych “Madonna, Child and Saints” with a predella “Last Supper” by an unknown artist of the 16th century is particularly noteworthy. There are also several panel paintings, including an "Annunciation" painted by Paolo Fondulo from Cremona around 1590.

literature

  • Adriana Chirco: Palermo la città ritrovata. Flaccovio, Palermo 2002, ISBN 88-7758-469-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rear Ulli (Fund Jack, Fondulo, Fondulio), Giovanni Paolo . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 160 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Chiesa di Santa Maria di Portosalvo - Chiese di Palermo. Turismo Palermo, accessed on February 20, 2019 (Italian, painting "Annunciation" from the 16th century by Giovanni Paolo Fondulli from Cremona): "Interno: dipinto" Annunciazione "di Giovanni Paolo Fondulli da Cremona del secolo XVI"

Coordinates: 38 ° 7 '6.3 "  N , 13 ° 22' 4.4"  E