Altar and cupola, San Domenico Church, Castelvetrano

Main altar and dome of the Chapel of the Choir, 1574-77, with frescoes by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, in the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The cupola frescoes depict the Resurrection, Assumption, Pentecost, Death of the Virgin, Jonah, David, Solomon, Daniel and God the Father Pantocrator. Decorated in Baroque style in the 16th century, the church is known as the Sistine Chapel of Sicily. The church was damaged in the Belice earthquake of 1968 and was reopened in 2014 after 5 years of restoration work. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1470 Belice Castedduvitranu Castelvetrano Chiesa Cupola Domenico Dominic Earthquake Ferraro Giuliana Orazio Reopened Sicilian Sistine Stucco Tagliavia Tommaso Trapani

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