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Church · Petina (SA)

Church of San Nicola da Bari in Petina

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 652 m
Church of San Nicola da Bari in Petina
Photo: Viaggiatore73 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

Petina's mother church of 1510, with three naves, canvases by Nicola Peccheneda and a carved, gilded wooden choir.

The Church of San Nicola di Bari is the main place of worship of Petina, a village of the Alburni Mountains. It was built in 1510 over an older building and has a three-nave Latin-cross plan. In the transept are the high altar and side altars made in 1771 of local stone and polychrome marble.We suggest lingering over the three canvases of 1774 signed by Nicola Peccheneda, including the Madonna of the Rosary with the fifteen mysteries, and the 14th-century polychrome wooden statue of St Peter. We also really like the carved and gilded wooden choir and the walnut pulpit, precious examples of local craftsmanship.

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