Italy - Trapanii

Trapani, Sicily
2023

Castello di Mare / Torre della Colombaia di Trapani - dating back to the Punic Wars

Garibaldi Square - every Italian city and town has one

Palazzo Cavarretta, built in the 15th century and renovated in the second half of the 17th century. The baroque facade is dominated by the statues of the Madonna of Trapani (patron saint of the city), San Giovanni, and Sant'Alberto (also apatron saint of Trapani). In 1828, the clock and the date mecahnisms were added.

Jesuit School - coat of arms of Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli

Bas-relief "Presepe" by Giuseppe Nolfo circa 1700

Piazza Mercato del Pesce (fish market)

Chiesa del Collegio dei Gesuiti

The Jesuits arrived in Trapani in 1581 and in 1596 obtained permission to build the church. The facade was designed by Francesco Bonamici with a first order characterized by frames, pilasters and broken tympanums and a second order enriched by baroque elements, volutes, statues and a central window. The church was consecrated in 1705. The interior has three naves, with columns and serliana arches. The walls are decorated with stuccoes made by Bartolomeo Sanseverino, a pupil of Serpotta, and with marble. Works include a marble icon depicting the Immaculate Conception, by Ignazio Marabutti, the wooden wardrobe of the sacristy by Pietro Orlando, a wooden crucifix by Giuseppe Milanti, a painting of Sant'Ignazio by Vito Carreca, and a painting of San Francesco Saverio by Pietro Novelli.

Cattedrale di San Lorenzo

Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr was built by order of Alfonso the Magnanimous in 1421 and was elevated to a parish in the second half of the fifteenth century. In 1844, when the Diocese of Trapani was created, the church was made its episcopal seat. Over the following centuries, the building was modified several times and its current appearance dates from the restoration of the eighteenth century by the architect Giovanni Biagio Amico.

Chiesa delle Anime Sante del Purgatorio

Church of the Holy Souls of Purgatory in Trapani - this church houses the impressive 18th-century "misteri," 20 life-sized wooden effigies depicting the story of Christ's Passion, which are carried through the city during Holy Week. I was able to photograph all but Station 4, the arrest of Christ.