The central nave and the vault
After the 1693 earthquake, St Peter’s Church was promptly restored and embellished, creating the three-nave structure that we can still admire today. The naves are divided by 12 columns, six on each side, the last two of which are encased ...
The monumental organ
Above the entrance to the nave is a monumental wooden organ built in 1924 with three thousand two hundred pipes, twenty-three registers and two keyboards, the work of the Polizzi brothers for the instrumental part and the Foti brothers of ...
The right nave
Starting from the right side, there is a first altar with a painting of the Trinity and the Holy Souls in Purgatory by an anonymous 18th-century author. Continuing on, there is a chapel built around 1750: an image of Saint ...
The main altar
In the ceiling we find the famous episode of the Transfiguration of Jesus. On either side of the fresco are two medallions depicting St John the Baptist and St Matthew. In the centre is the artistic wooden statue of the ...