Palazzo Abatellis

Palermo / Itália

Palazzo Abatellis is a palace in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Kalsa quarter. It is home to the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, the Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region.

Oratory of Rosario di San Domenico

Palermo / Itália

The Oratory of the Rosary of Saint Dominic is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. It is located near the Church of Saint Dominic, in the quarter of the Loggia, within the historic centre of Palermo. The oratory was founded in 1574. In the early 18th century Giacomo Serpotta realized a sumptuous stucco decoration. Moreover, the oratory is decorated with several paintings of important artists like Matthias Stom, Guglielmo Borremans, Geronimo Gerardi, Pietro Novelli, Valerio Castello and Luca Giordano. However, the most precious artwork of the building is represented by the altarpiece of Anthony van Dyck, depicting the Madonna of the Rosary with the saints Dominic, Catherine of Siena, Vincent Ferrer, Olivia, Nympha, Agatha, Christina and Rosalia. The painting was commissioned to Van Dyck during the period of the 1624 plague.

Museu Arqueológico Regional Antonio Salinas

Palermo / Itália

O Museu Arqueológico Regional Antonio Salinas é um museu de Palermo, na Itália. Seu prédio data do século XVI, projetado por Antonio Muttone para servir como residência dos padres da Congregação de São Felipe Neri, sendo terminado no século XVII. Com a supressão de ordens religiosas em 1866, o prédio foi transferido para a administração dos museus nacionais italianos, recebendo o primeiro núcleo de relíquias arqueológicas, uma doação da Universidade de Palermo. Então foi reformado e adaptado para o uso museal. Durante a II Guerra Mundial suas coleções foram removidas para outro local por medida de segurança, e o edifício sofreu sérios danos. Depois da guerra foi reestruturado e reaberto. O acervo compreende antiguidades fenícias, etruscas, greco-italianas, além de manuscritos, livros raros, selos, fotografias e moedas mais recentes.

Diocesan Museum of Palermo

Palermo / Itália

The Diocesan Museum of Palermo is a museum of religious art in Palermo on Sicily, housed in a number of rooms in the Palazzo Arcivescovile opposite Palermo Cathedral.

Oratory of San Lorenzo, Palermo

Palermo / Itália

The Oratory of Saint Lawrence is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. It is located near the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo.The oratory was founded in the late 16th century. The building was given to the Conventual Franciscans in order to spread the cult of the saints Francis and Lawrence. In 1699 Giacomo Serpotta realized a sumptuous stucco decoration. The oratory is particularly famous because of the masterpiece altarpiece Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence by Caravaggio. This important painting was stolen, probably by Cosa Nostra, on October 18, 1969. In 2015 a hi-tech replica of the altarpiece was placed inside the oratory.

Piazza Pretoria

Palermo / Itália

Piazza Pretoria, also known as square of Shame, is at the limits of the district of Kalsa, near the corner of Cassaro with Via Maqueda, just a few meters from the Quattro Canti, the exact center of the historic city of Palermo .

San Matteo al Cassaro

Palermo / Itália

The Church of Saint Matthew is a Baroque church of Palermo. It is located in the main street of the city, the ancient Cassaro, in the quarter of the Loggia, within the historic centre of Palermo. The church was built between 1633 and 1664 by the will of the Miseremini confraternity. The building was probably designed by the architect of the Senate of Palermo, Mariano Smiriglio, but was completed by Gaspare Guercio and Carlo D'Aprile. It is decorated with many works of important Sicilian artists like Vito D'Anna, Pietro Novelli, Giacomo Serpotta, Bartolomeo Sanseverino, Filippo Randazzo, Antonio Manno, Francesco Sozzi. The church is also connected to the palermitan legend of the Beati Paoli.