The left nave
Along the left aisle in the first bay is a 1957 painting by Valente Assenza depicting the Baptism of Jesus. Below the painting is the baptismal font with an ancient basin and pedestal in Trapani marble. Next we enter the ...
The facade and the exterior
The building is preceded by a wide staircase with several flights, adorned with sculptures of the twelve Apostles (supplemented by the presence of St. Paul replacing James the Lesser) traditionally called ‘Santoni’, distributed around the staircase in the shape of ...
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 ...