Basilica San Salvatore

Places to see in ( Noto - Italy ) Basilica San Salvatore

Places to see in ( Noto - Italy ) Basilica San Salvatore

To the right of the Cathedral the complex of the SS. Salvatore whose scenographic aspect happily blends three buildings of different architectural styles: the Monastery with baroque decorations, the neoclassical Basilica and the Seminary built in the middle of the century. XIX). In 1767 the construction of the basilica began, which was to replace the old church, already under construction from 1723, but in ruins in 1790. The current church develops with the longitudinal axis inside the space occupied in ancient times by the primitive cloister of the Benedictine monastery, incorporating a part of it.

During the construction of the church, after the death of Andrea Gigante, the initial project was modified and to the Canon D. Antonio Mazza is attributed the new project of the prospect (which juts out onto a churchyard bordered by platelets) and the pronaos of the church that was consecrated in 1802. The decorative cycle of the interior of the church of the SS. Salvatore di Noto is one of the most significant testimonies of the Sicilian cultural transition phase between late Baroque and Neoclassicism. Started in 1794 and completed over a period of two years, it is the result of the pictorial interventions by the Palermo Ermenegildo Martorana and the stucco works by Giovanni Gianforma. It is a unitary decorative plan that defines the single hall and which obeys iconographically a theological program.

Among the paintings, the frescoes of the vault representing La Pentecoste (in the center) have particular artistic relevance, St. Paul on the road to Damascus and The apparition of three mysterious men to Abraham and the paintings (oil on canvas) that are on the side altars on the right side The Adoration of the Magi (attr. To Giuseppe Patania), The Crucifixion (attributed to Giuseppe Velasco); on the left side The presentation of Saints Mauro and Placido in San Benedetto (signed Giuseppe Velasco, 1808), La Madonna del Rosario (attributed to Giuseppe Velasco).

The interior features an artistic pipe organ by Donato del Piano (18th century), a silver urn containing the relics of S. Restituto Martire, moved from Rome in 1662 and, on a right altar, a valuable wooden sculpture of the Madonna and Child. The Crucifixion (attributed to Giuseppe Velasco); on the left side The presentation of Saints Mauro and Placido in San Benedetto (signed Giuseppe Velasco, 1808), La Madonna del Rosario (attributed to Giuseppe Velasco). The interior features an artistic pipe organ by Donato del Piano (18th century), a silver urn containing the relics of S. Restituto Martire, moved from Rome in 1662 and, on a right altar, a valuable wooden sculpture of the Madonna and Child.

The Crucifixion (attributed to Giuseppe Velasco); on the left side The presentation of Saints Mauro and Placido in San Benedetto (signed Giuseppe Velasco, 1808), La Madonna del Rosario (attributed to Giuseppe Velasco). The interior features an artistic pipe organ by Donato del Piano (18th century), a silver urn containing the relics of S. Restituto Martire, moved from Rome in 1662 and, on a right altar, a valuable wooden sculpture of the Madonna and Child.

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