Baroque Itinerary
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
The church of the ancient Dominican Monastery which today is a museum, is one the finest examples of mixed marble decoration, marble inlays covering the whole church, more marble decorations in relief.
From the church is also possible to see the galleries used by the cloistered nuns to follow the Mass.
Church of Saint Joseph of the Theatines
Large baroque church, decorated with stuccoes and frescoes.
Walking to the sea we will stop to the church of Saint Francis of Assisi, built in middle age, but decorated in the following centuries too. Among the several decorations, we will find, inside the church, the statues in stucco made by a famous stucco maker of Palermo, born in XVII Century, Giacomo Serpotta who gave his statues, depicting the Virtues, the appearence of women of his time. Serpotta decorated the near Oratory of Saint Lawrence as well.
The Oratory of Saint Lawrence
A rectangular oratory along the walls of which, the artist made small niches, namely “Teatrini”, small theatres, as they look like small theatre scenes. Inside the small theatre, Serpotta made small in the round small statutes in stucco, depicting scenes of life of Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis.