Kirkja
Santa Maria della Pietà
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Loredana
September 28, 2022
The Church of Santa Maria della Pietà has stood since 1658 in the ancient Kalsa district. It was built by the nuns of the Monastery of the same name who entrusted the design of the entire complex to the architect Fra Giacomo Amato. The construction, and especially the decoration, continued throughout the 18th century by talented artists and with the financial support of many noblewomen enclosed in the adjoining Monastery, which was cloistered at the time. The Monastery of Pieta, so large that it housed at least 80 professed nuns and many other converse nuns, also included in its complex the Palazzo Abatellis that served as a parlor, now the seat of the Regional Gallery of Sicily. The Church of Santa Maria della Pietà originated, therefore, as the great chapel of the monastery and has a single nave with high grilles on the walls, six side altars and a high choir, at the back of the façade, supported by Billiemi marble columns. Upon entering the church today, one can admire the magnificent, huge metal choir screen depicting a rising sun. Throughout the interior, but especially between the grilles, the great Serpotta decoration unfolds: all the Serpottas and their assistants worked in this church. The presbytery, formerly square, was transformed by Gian Maria Serpotta, who added a shallow apse, and contains a valuable late Baroque altar and a beautifully crafted tabernacle made of semi-precious stones. On the side walls, two large paintings by the knight Pietro dell'Aquila depict 'the return of the prodigal son' and 'the meeting between Abraham and Melchizedek in the promised land'. Worthy of note, in the first chapel on the right, is the panel painting by Vincenzo da Pavia depicting the 'pietà' or the dead Christ in the arms of his mother torn by grief, framed by a precious Baroque frame. In the other chapels, four paintings by the Manno brothers and a crucifix rich in patos on a tortoiseshell cross with silver decorations can be admired. The sub-chancel was embellished in 1722 with frescoes by the Flemish Guglielmo Borremans, who depicted scenes from the lives of Dominican saints. The church ceiling is the work of the painter Antonio Grano, who painted it in 1708 and depicted 'The Apotheosis of St Dominic'.
The Church of Santa Maria della Pietà has stood since 1658 in the ancient Kalsa district. It was built by the nuns of the Monastery of the same name who entrusted the design of the entire complex to the architect Fra Giacomo Amato. The construction, and especially the decoration, continued throughou…
Anna Maria
August 18, 2014
All' interno si trova una bella chiusura del coro a forma di sole nascente (parte destinata alle suore domenicane di clausura, fondatrici della chiesa).
Luigi
November 3, 2019
Progettata dall'Amato è una delle più belle della città con la sua straordinaria facciata.
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SNC Piazzetta della Pietà
Palermo, Sicilia