Chiesa della Magione o della SS. Trinità (1191-C18)

La Magione (Palermo) - Basilica La Magione

All photos unless otherwise stated: Per-Erik Skramstad © Wondersofsicily.com

The beautiful facade of the Norman church called La Magione (Chiesa della Magione o della SS. Trinità), founded for the Cistercians by Matteo d’Aiello before 1151 as the church of the Trinity, but transferred to the Teutonic knights in 1193 by Emperor Henry VI as their mansion, from which it takes its name. As the church of the Teutonic Knights, it played a rather important role during the Crusades. (Thanks to Blue Guide Sicily)

 

 

The apse. La Magione was destroyed during the Allied’s bombing, as was the Casa Professa, Santa Maria della Catena and San Francesco d'Assisi.

 

Conservation officer unveiling a Madonna and Child that had been overpainted (maybe to censor the Madonna's breast?).

 

Restoration work on the Madonna and Child.

 

15th-century fresco of the Crucifixion.

 

15th century marble triptych of the Madonna and Child (Gagini school). La Magione, Palermo.

 

Reclining Man

Sarcophagus for the nobleman Francesco Perdicaro (died in 1567) in the Norman church La Magione, Palermo.

Death in Sicily - see photos here

 

Christ Blessing

16th century statue of Christ Blessing.

 

 

 

 

 

Chiesa della Magione o della SS. Trinità (1191).

 

Arabic text (probably 12th century?) in La Magione.

 

14th-century stone altar.

 

Skull on a gravestone.

See photos of skulls on grave monuments (NB! text in Norwegian)

 

16th-century portal. (It can also be seen from the cloister behind this door.)

 

Detail of the ornaments on the portal.

 

Detail of the wooden door (1535) leading out to the cloister.

 

 

 

One row of carved twin columns survive of the Cistercian cloister from c. 1190.

 

The cloister garden.

 

Coat of arms hanging on the wall in the cloister garden.

 

Virgin and Child by the Gagini workshop.

 

Madonna and Child.

 

 

 

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