The Chiesa di Montevergine (Church of Montevergine), also known as San Girolamo is a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

-style

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

church in

Noto Noto ( scn, Notu; la, Netum) is a city and in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. It is southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Iblean Mountains. It lends its name to the surrounding area Val di Noto. In 2002 Noto and i ...

, region of

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, Italy. Initial plans to build the church were made between 1695 to 1697, after the

1693 Sicily earthquake The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on January 11 at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on January 9. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7. ...

that leveled the town. It was built for the Benedictine nuns of the

Order of Monte Vergine The Benedictine Williamites, more often known by the name of its chief house, Territorial Abbey of Montevergine in central Italy, was a Catholic monastic order. Besides Monte Vergine, St. William of Vercelli founded a considerable number of monast ...

. The church is dedicated to St Jerome. It has a concave facade which is flanked by two bell-towers. Most historians attribute the construction of the church to

Vincenzo Sinatra Vincenzo Sinatra (1720, Noto – 1765) was a Sicilian architect. He was a pupil of Rosario Gagliardi. Sinatra worked in both the Baroque style and later in Neo-Classical style. Following the 1693 earthquake, the city of Noto was completely r ...

. The construction of the church was completed on 1762. The church rises at the top of stone steps, and the layout has a single nave flanked by

Corinthian columns The Corinthian order (Greek: Κορινθιακός ρυθμός, Latin: ''Ordo Corinthius'') is the last developed of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric order w ...

, and a rich stucco decoration. The interior has altarpieces by

Constantino Carasi Constantino is a Greek/Portuguese/Spanish given name, also an Italian surname. It is derived from Latin ''Constantinus''. Constantino may refer to: *Constantino Barza *Constantino Brumidi *Constantino Cajetan *Constantino of Braganza *Constantino d ...

, including a ''Marriage of the Virgin'' and a ''Pieta''.Cosmoibleo entry
cultural association of the ''Iblee Religions and Cultures'' was founded by 10 partners towns.

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