Church of S. Maria La Nova
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Church of S. Maria La Nova

Piazza S. Giacomo alla Marina. Erected in the sixteenth century. With renovations in the following centuries. The façade is preceded by a three-arched loggia on which Giuseppe Spadafora and Giuseppe Giacalone worked. The interior, with three naves, with a dome, houses a stucco decoration, the work of Procopio Serpotta, and the wooden statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, by the sculptor Girolamo Bagnasco, carried in procession by the brotherhood of the "Cassari" on Good Friday. Other works inside: slate panel depicting “Christ and the Virgin (1774th sc.); canvas "La Vegine and S. Rosalia" attributed to Antonio Manno; a wooden crucifix from the 1623th century; canvas "The Madonna di Monserrato" of 1774 by Antonio Manno; the canvas “L'Immacolata” of XNUMX by Pietro Albina; canvas "" The discovery of the Cross "(XVI century) by Giulio Musca; canvas “Il Transito della Vergine” from XNUMX by Antonio Manno; XNUMXth century painting “The Guardian Angel” by Carmelo Solpietra.

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