Church of San Francesco d'Assisi
In Via Giuseppe Barlotta (at the end of via S. Francesco d'Assisi). The church of San Francesco d'Assisi was built by Count Roger in the Gothic-Norman style. Originally dedicated to San Biagio, it changed its name in 1216, when the Blessed Angelo da Rieti obtained it from King Federico II to build a Franciscan convent. On the current side elevation, the pointed arches with ferrules could date back to a period ranging from 1065-1130 to the whole of the 1680th century. In XNUMX the church was given a new look, transformed in the Baroque style according to the taste of the time. On the basis of a stylistic evaluation and in the absence of a documented dating, the façade on the square and the bell tower should belong to the end of the XNUMXth century.
The main façade is characterized by a marble portal, consisting of two columns raised on parallelepiped pedestals, connected at the top by a broken pediment surmounted by a niche that houses the statue of the Madonna. Above this you can see the trace of a pre-existing rose window.
The bell tower, entirely in carving stone, above the bell floor is crowned by a balustrade frame, and concluded by a pyramidal roof, covered with ceramic tiles.
The interior of the church with the exception of the apse is a whole of plastic and pictorial decorations. (Source: http://www.turismo.trapani.it)
pear by the sculptors Nicolò Carrera and Alberto Orlando, a happy marriage between sculpture and architecture consisting of masks, caryatids, foliage, shells and scrolls.[2]
The apsidal chapel is a scenographically organized space, an ingenious play of volumes and an accurate study of brightness designed by Giovanni Biagio Amico, which is accessed via a triumphal arch that rests on two large pillars, inside side balconies between rich decorative motifs that adorn it with numerous symbolic references to the purity of the Madonna and her "Immaculate Conception".
- Statues depicting the Doctors of the Church: Sant'Agostino d'Ippona, Sant'Ambrogio, San Girolamo, San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio.[2]
- High altar.
- Immaculate Conception, wooden statue.
- Immaculate Conception, silver processional statue.
(Source: http://www.turismo.trapani.it and partly wikipedia.org)
Property bound under the law 364/1909 (Notifications of 15.01 and 1924)
Photo: Ignazio Caloggero
Card insertion: Ignatius Caloggero
Photos: exteriors: Ignazio Caloggero, interiors: web
Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Web, Region of Sicily
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