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San Michele Arcangelo is a
Comune of Scicli
entry on church.
San Michele Arcangelo is a Baroque
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-style, Roman Catholic
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church in the town of Scicli
Scicli is a town and municipality in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily, southern Italy. It is from Ragusa, and from Palermo, and has a population (2017) of 27,051. Alongside seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it has been l ...
, province of Ragusa, Sicily
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, Italy.
History
A church at the site was likely established prior to the 15th century, but the present church was rebuilt after the major earthquake of 1693. The architect Alessi began work after 1750, and work was concluded by the mid-1800s under the architect Fama of Palermo. The façade is scenographic and contains windows framed by garlands. The nave is elliptical and ends in a semicylindrical apse. The interior is rich in scagliola and frescoes. The balcony beside the organ and has some stuccoes depicting musical instruments. The lateral altars have 19th-century canvases depicting ''St Augustine'', ''St Michael Archangel'', and an ''Adoration of the Magi''. The fourth altar has a 15th-century crucifix. The main altarpiece in the apse is an oval depicting the ''Madonna delle Grazie'' by an 18th-century painter. In 1770, the adjacent Augustinian nunnery was built. It is presently a nursing home for the elderly.entry on church.
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18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy {{Sicily-RC-church-stub