Ceiling, Presbytery, San Domenico Church, Castelvetrano

Ceiling fresco of the restored Baroque presbytery, wall frescoes and Tree of Jesse stucco (left), 1574-80, by Antonio Ferraro da Giuliana, his workshop and his sons Tommaso and Orazio, 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. 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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13438318

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45119582

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4821px x 7087px (9.5MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen