Sicily Travel Guide by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lonely Planet

Chiesa Badia di Sant'AgataCHURCH

( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; %348 7967711; www.badiasantagata.wordpress.com; Via Vittorio Emanuele II 182; dome €3; h9.30am-12.30pm Tue-Sun, plus 5-8pm Fri & Sat & 7-8.30pm Sun)

With an elegant concave-convex facade reminiscent of Borromini, this 18th-century church was designed by Palermitan architect Giovanni Battista Vaccarini. The architect's death in 1768 saw Nicolò Daniele take over completion of the interior, his own contributions including the dramatic Carrara marble floor and amber-coloured altars in Castronovo marble. The pièce de résistance, however, is the spectacular, 360-degree panorama from the dome, which takes in the city's rooftops and domes, and a brooding Mt Etna to the north.

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