Architecture Around the World
............... Sicily
Quattro Canti and Sancto Joseph Church
Palermo, Sicily
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Quattro Canti |
Quattro Canti |
Quattro Canti |
Quattro Canti |
One of the Baroque facades / corners of the Quattro Canti |
The Baroque building behind the corner is Sancto Joseph. |
Sancto Joseph terra cotta tile roof behind the Quattro Canti facade |
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Corinthian order (pilasters, not columns) |
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Roman (shaft not fluted) Doric column in front of banded pilaster |
Statue and fountain which is ornamented with festoons |
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Sancto Joseph |
Sancto Joseph |
Sancto Joseph |
Sancto Joseph |
Sancto Joseph cupola behind a building with a hipped roof covered with terra cotta tiles and ridge crest |
Cross surmounts the Baroque lantern which allows natural light in the cupola |
Terra cotta tiles on the cupola |
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Built 1612 ... Restored after WW2 from 1945-1966 |
Baroque chapel altar railing features marble balusters and base with inlaid marble in the rest of the railing |
Inlaid marble |
Quattro Canti: The intersection of Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Maqueda is Palermo's most fashionable square. Quattro Canti dates from 1600, when the new town plan was put into effect and the city was divided into four parts.The piazza is rounded, shaped by the four concave façades of the four corner buildings (hence the name) with superimposed architectual orders - Doric, Corinthian and Ionic.
Each facade is decorated with a fountain and statues of patron saints, of the seasons, and of the Spainish kings.
Saint Joseph Church: Located directly behind the corner pictured on this page. The inlaid marble in some of the chapels is exquisite.