Churches

The church dates from the fifteenth century and was built thanks to the contribution of Blasio Corvaja and was completed by his brother Sigismund

Very suggestive sight!

The church of San Francesco di Paola was once home to the convent of the Friars Minims of St. Francesco di Paola o Paolini, who took possession of it in 1617. The church was originally the cathedral of Taormina and was dedicated to Vergine Assunta. A plaque walled in the landing of the local neighboring former hospital St. Vincent shows, however, that the complex was built in even more ancient times. The many events to which was subjected the ancient Cathedral have at some point deformed style. The Friars – the foundation of the convent – made adaptations and transformations of the old church building, then expropriated under the law on the suppression of religious orders of 1866. The church survived, in more recent times, the 1943 bombing was restored between 1944 and 47 by the architect Armando Dillon. As a result of the restoration work it was possible to eliminate part of the superstructure of more recent times. The church core is formed by an aisle that in a first half was covered truss, namely wooden beam ceiling. Apart from the main aisle, there are two side openings with lintels into three pieces. To the left there is a small, […]

The church was built outside the walls, near the ancient church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, by the monks of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins who arrived in Taormina in 1559. The existing church of St. Catherine of Alexandria dated back to 1400, next to it was built in 1551 the Capuchin monastery. The convent was sold to the Capuchin Fathers on April 27th of 1610, at a price of 2,000 forints, with the consent of the Archbishop of Messina and the Spaniard Pietro Ruiz de Valdeviesco, to enlarge the convent. The nobles and some citizens promised to pay the said sum at the same time the sale decided to build another church dedicated to S. Caterina inside the walls. On the main façade there is a beautiful portal ogivo, whose jambs are stone of Taormina, and whose lintel fitting shelves is in red marble of Taormina. Above the lintel there is the very ornate ogivo arc, and the sides of the jambs there are two twisted columns, and the entire portal is framed by a decorative black lava pumice, in the traditional style tauromenitano. The portal of the church of the Capuchins is dominated by a rectangular window, […]

he Church of San Pietro is located on Via Pirandello, in an area that identified a previous Arab necropolis

The Church of Saint Pancrazio is one of the most important churches in Taormina

The Baroque façade shows the beautiful portal, whose doorposts and the lintel are Taormina pink marble

Built in the second half of 1600