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Open Church in Piazza Armerina Enna Sicilia


On 6 and 13 April on the occasion of may blossom churches usually closed to the public will be visited from 10.00 to 13.00 and in the afternoon from 15.30 to 19.30.
You can admire:
  • the commandery of the Knights of Malta of 1100;
  • the Church of San Giovanni Evangelist with his paintings of Borremans of 1600. The Church is linked to the former convent of the Salesas, entering from the door on the right hand side is the wheel where they deposited the children foundlings.
  • opposite piazza martiri in Hungary you can see only from the outside the Church and the convent of the Theatines and the tower.
  • Opposite the Church is the Church and the monastery which was dedicated to Santa Chiara Clarisse. Then n sex three churches within few meters three female religious orders.
  • following via Umberto at the bottom left you will see the Church Holy souls in purgatory, the entrance is on the side. Inside you can admire a painting depicting the madonna in pregnancy and the urn of the patron saint of pregnant women also are apparent underground passages used in bygone eras.
  • entering the Alley opens seminar where you can see the square Church of St Vincent and the adjacent convent of the Dominicans.
  • Head towards piazza Garibaldi going down from the steps of via Sant'Antonio, where you will find homemade mosaics made by locals to recover old abandoned doors San Rocco church In piazza Garibaldi or Fundrò with the adjacent convent, today seat of the municipality;
  •  in front along via Vittorio Emanuele you will find the Church of Saint Ignatius the first dedicated to this Saint, within an important organ, and lift up your storage rack from which the nuns of the convent, now the municipal library and junior high school, attended mass;
  • in front, only from the outside, you can admire the façade of the Church of Saint Anne, also linked to her convent;
  • continuing the climb found the Aragonese castle, which had an upper floor was jail and residence. Nearby is the Church of snow with former convent.
  • then you head towards the Cathedral, left onto via monte you will find the Benedictine convent of the Trinity art gallery, built in the middle of the XV;
  • In piazza Duomo in addition to the Cathedral, the Church of San Francesco with ex the convent is now the seat of the Bishop.
  • outside the old town you can admire the Church of San Pietro with renovated convent beside villa Garibaldi;
  • finally if you have the car very old Grand Priory of St Andrew


Open Church in Piazza Armerina Enna Sicilia




EVENTI SICILIA PIAZZA ARMERINA (From lunedì 7 maggio 2018, never expire)



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