Church of San Giuseppe dei Teatini - Palermo 

Corso Vittorio Emanule. The church was built in the seventeenth century on a project by the Genoese architect Giacomo Besio following a baroque style that is found above all in the frescoes that decorate it, in the sculptural decorations and in the stuccos. A façade of the church, to the left of the façade, is used for one of the Quattro Canti in piazza Vigliena, in particular that of the Albergheria district. The opposite side, on the other hand, is occupied by what is called the fifth canto, in fact it re-proposes, with a few modifications, the scheme of the four canti of the adjacent square. Outside the building the large dome stands out and is easily visible from many areas of the city. The interior is divided into three naves by gray stone columns. Inside there is a crypt with an aquifer, the crypt is not accessible, but there is a widespread belief that its water is miraculous. Some of the works contained inside: two holy water stoups held up by marble angels from 1794 by Filippo Siracusa; canvas "The Virgin and the Blessed Tomasi" of 1785 by Vincenzo Manni; Frescoes by Vincenzo and Antonio Manno; a Madonna of the fifteenth century. From the Gagini school; The frescoes of the central nave of 1693 by Filippo Tancredi; canvas “S. Gaetano ”of 1635 by Pietro Novelli a wooden crucifix of the seventeenth century. By Brother Umile di Pietralia; The frescoes "The Fall of the Rebel Angels" in the dome and the "Four Evangelists in the pendentives of 1724 are by Guglielmo Borremans.

Crypt.

In-depth study: Pietro Todaro: The subsoil of Palermo - 1988. Downloadable at the following ACCADEMIA.EDU address: https://www.academia.edu/6581858/Il_Sottosuolo_di_Palermo

Card insertion: Ignatius Caloggero

Photo: Ignazio Caloggero

Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Web 

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