San Domenico, Caltanissetta

San Domenico is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church in the town of Caltanissetta, Sicily.

Facade of San Domenico

History

During the second half of the 15th-century a Dominican convent was erected in the area.[1] Giovanni da Cursu was prior by 1475. Around this time, a church was added. It is speculated that the patrons who brought the order to the town were the Moncada, the Aragonese feudal lords of the region. In 1566, Don Francesco Moncada, 1st Prince of Paterno, was buried in this church.[2]

The portal has a convex facade with concave wings. The baroque portal is flanked by stone pilasters, and surmounted by a broken tympanum. The church was also affiliated with the Confraternity of the Rosary, and who commissioned the main altarpiece depicting the Madonna del Rosario (1614) painted by Filippo Paladini.[3][4]

References
  1. Caltanissetta nei tempi che furono e nei tempi che sono, by Giovanni Mulè Bertòlo; Arnaldo Forni editor, 1906, page 194.
  2. GM Bertolo, page 197.
  3. Pro Loco Caltanissetta
  4. Comune of Caltanissetta, short entry in description of district.

37.48914°N 14.06641°E / 37.48914; 14.06641

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