Santa Teresa alla Kalsa
The Santa Teresa alla Kalsa is a late baroque church in Palermo .
Building history
The church is located in the Kalsa district, the old Arab al Halisah, where the Emir had his seat of government in 937. From the 16th century onwards, Palermo grew and Kalsa became the preferred residential area for the nobility and wealthy citizens who had their palaces built here. In the second half of the 17th century, the first plans for a new church began. The order was finally given by the nearby nunnery of the Carmelite Order to the Rome-trained architect Giacomo Amato , who built the church in the late Roman Baroque style on the site of the old Arab cemetery between 1686 and 1706. The Roman Baroque is particularly clearly reflected in the medallion created by Cristoforo Milanti above the main portal, which faithfully cites a medallion in the same place in the Roman church of San Marcello al Corso by the builder Carlo Fontana .
Furnishing
In addition to the magnificent main altar decorated with marble, agate, lapis lazuli and amethyst, the church houses numerous important works of art.
- Giacomo Serpotta : Standing figures of Saint Therese and Anna
- Ignazio Marabitti : “Crucifixion” stucco work (1780–81) and marble bust of St. Therese
- Guglielmo Borremans : panel "Ecstasy of St. Therese" (1722)
- Sebastiano Conca : Panel painting Madonna della Carmine (1750)
- Antonio Grano : Wall frescoes in the presbytery "Allegories of the Eucharist"
- Giovanni Odazzi : Panel painting "Holy Family" (1720)
literature
- Silvestro L. Pozzebon (Ed.): Due Chiese Sorelle. Santa Teresa alla Kalsa. sn, Palermo 1993.
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Coordinates: 38 ° 6 ′ 56.9 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 21.7 ″ E