- St. Sebastian, Palazzolo Acreide
The church of St. Sebastian (Italian: "San Sebastiano") is a
Baroque church inPalazzolo Acreide ,Sicily .The original church of San Sebastiano was built in the 15th century, in the same site of the current edifice, next to a smaller church dedicate to St. Roch. It was enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries but, like most of the edifices of Palazzolo, was destroyed in
1693 by a hugeearthquake .In the early 18th century a new edifice was built, with a nave and two aisles. The monumental façade was begun in 1723, with design by the Syracuse sculptor Mario Diamanti: it was completed, along with the
campanile , in 1768.The church is noteworthy for its fine Baroque decorations, including a wide usage of
stucco es in the interior. The vault of the centralnave has three large 19th century frescoes, while the altars are in polychrome marbles, withaltarpiece s or statues portraying saints. The central nave ends with anapse including the St. Crucifix Chapel and a majestic marble high altar, with a 17th century crucifix.Other artworks include the titular saint's statue (by an unknown artist, 1663), as statue of the Madonna, the organ (1728-29) and a painting of "St. Marguerite" by
Olivio Sozzi (1758)
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