Santissima Trinità di Delia
The Church of Santissima Trinità di Delia or SS. Trinità di Delia (German: Most Holy Trinity) is a small church building 4 km west of Castelvetrano in Sicily .
General
The church is located in the park of the Saporito family estate west of Castelvetrano. The church can be visited. The church was built between 1140 and 1160 as a Byzantine cross-domed church. The church once belonged to a monastery.
The church looks very compact and covers an area of about 10 by 10 m. The frames of the windows (so-called Qamarīya ) show the influence of Islamic art . Inside, the dome forms the center. Otherwise, a large marble sarcophagus dominates the interior. There are graves of the Saporito family under the church.
photos
Exterior view
Back with the apses
inside view
sarcophagus
literature
- Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily. Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean (= DuMont art travel guide ). 6th, updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 .
- Sicily (= Baedeker Alliance travel guide ). 8th edition, completely revised and redesigned. Baedeker, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-8297-1047-X .
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Coordinates: 37 ° 41 ′ 9.2 ″ N , 12 ° 45 ′ 16.8 ″ E