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Santa Maria dello Spasimo

Overview

It was for this church and its convent that Raphael painted the canvas with the Fall of Jesus under the Cross, known as the "Spasimo di Sicilia" – now in the Prado Museum in Madrid. Erected in 1506, they were transformed in the 1800s into a shelter for beggars and later into a lazaretto (a quarantine station for maritime travellers), a granary and a hospital. The place is truly impressive. Thanks to a recent restoration, the church, with its spectacular open-air nave (the cross vault was not rebuilt in the 18th century), together with the adjoining hospital, is a cultural space open to the public that regularly hosts jazz music festivals in the summer.

Hours

Sunday
09:30 am-06:00 pm
Monday
Closed
Tuesday - Saturday
09:30 am-06:00 pm
Santa Maria dello Spasimo
Via dello Spasimo, 15, 90133 Palermo PA, Italia
Call +390917408861 Website

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