Monastero di Santa Lucia

Adrano, Italy

Monastero di Santa Lucia (Monastery of Saint Lucy) is an architectural complex in the city of Adrano. The former monastery currently serves as an elementary school.

The monastery was founded in 1157 and was rebuilt in the 15th and 17th centuries. The church adjoining the monastery was erected in 1596 and was rebuilt in the late 18th century. The façade has three orders. Two bell towers rise on the sides with quadrangular domes.

Inside, the choir is in the Rococo style, and continues to the first altar. A painting depicting Saint Lucy is attributed to Giuseppe Rapisardi. The apse paintings, the decorations of the vault, and the paintings on the first altar on the left and on the second altar on the right are attributed to the school of Olivo Scozzi.

References:

Wikipedia

Address

Via Roma 44, Adrano, Italy

See all sites in Adrano

Details

Founded: 1157
Category: Religious sites in Italy

More Information

en.wikipedia.org

Rating

4.6/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

Adrano Norman Castle (0,2 km)

Palazzo degli Elefanti (28,5 km)
Terme Achilliane (28,6 km)
Catania Cathedral (28,7 km)
Greek Theatre of Taormina (45,5 km)
University of Catania (28,5 km)
Basilica della Collegiata (28,4 km)
Palazzo Corvaja (45,2 km)
Villa Romana del Casale (55,1 km)
Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano (44,6 km)

User Reviews

claudio s (5 months ago)
Baroque monastery now used as a school with the church of Santa Lucia in the center. It would deserve a restoration ...

Antonio De Luca (14 months ago)
Imposing construction with a very particular facade, the church impresses with the dark fabrics on the walls.

Niki L'Olandese (17 months ago)
Bellissimo monastero che si estende per circa 200 metri lungo via Roma. Attualmente è sede di scuole e circoli con anche attività commerciali. La Chiesa, nella parte centrale, è a sviluppo circolare. Al suo interno si trovano affreschi e altre opere d'arte. Il tutto, monastero e Chiesa, hanno bisogno di un intervento di restauro.

Antonio Arcangelo Amoroso (3 years ago)
Beautiful church

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

House of the Dragon Filming Locations

Historic Landmarks of Sicily

Rhodes, The Island of Knights

Photo from Flickr, copyright Mr Phil Price

Historic Site of the week

Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre

Built around AD 90 to entertain the legionaries stationed at the fort of Caerleon (Isca), the impressive amphitheatre was the Roman equivalent of today’s multiplex cinema. Wooden benches provided seating for up to 6,000 spectators, who would gather to watch bloodthirsty displays featuring gladiatorial combat and exotic wild animals.

Long after the Romans left, the amphitheatre took on a new life in Arthurian legend. Geoffrey of Monmouth, the somewhat imaginative 12th-century scholar, wrote in his History of the Kings of Britain that Arthur was crowned in Caerleon and that the ruined amphitheatre was actually the remains of King Arthur’s Round Table.

Today it is the most complete Roman amphitheatre in Britain.