THE ST. MARY OF MERCY
CHURCH
It was built 1849-1857 by architect Domenico
Ciraci where an ancient Chapel used to lie which was dedicated
to St. Mary of Mercy, formerly invoked by puerperal women during
pregnancy. The neo-renaissance façade has a portal in local
stone with classical mouldings. The internal areas follow the
pattern of a Greek cross like plan with a central cupola. The
marmoreal writing above the vestry access door recalls the
building of the parish in 1832 and its reconstruction thanks to
the donations of poet Incalzi and Bishop Planeta. St. Mary of
Mercy is depicted on a canvas hanging on the main altar wall;
two papier-maché statues of St. Lucy and St. Anthony from Padova
(19th century) occupy the two niches at the sides of
the first left altar.
