CHURCH OF PURGATORY
Built in 1772 on the
land donated by Francesco Antonio Ayroldi, it was realized by
the homonymous confraternity under the title of St. Nicholas of
Tolentino. Originally it could be accessed into through a steep
staircase that evolved in the back Square: Piazza del Moro,
today called Piazza Sansone. In 1895, because of the
enlargement of the street, a re-positioning of the church was
made, by the opening of the side portal, used instead of the
previous access facing the major altar. The front, surmounted by
a gable, shows a portal decorated with stone.
The internal, a room with a rectangular apse, is divided in two
spans with starry ceilings frescoed by Luigi Pappadà. The
plasters decorations were realized in 1863, according to the
instructions by canonic rector Don Giuseppe Lofino and designed
by architect Gaetano Jurlero. The major altar was realized in
1772 by Giandonato Maldarella and is decorated with an 18th
century canvas of the Virgin, St. Nicholas and the purgatory’s
souls; in the ancon there is another 18th century
canvas of the Immaculate with the Saints Francis from Paola and
Filippo Neri, donated by Giovanni Tagliente the magnificent.