MARSALA - The Cathedral
Published by GM Natural Colours
In excellent condition; unused
MAR 48/69
Description:
The Cathedral (Cathedral Church or “Madrice”), built in the Norman period, but rebuilt in 700, is dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury and holds numerous sculptures of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and numerous paintings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as a treasure with gold and silver objects are not exposed to the public.
The church has an imposing façade embellished with statues and tufa developed on two levels: the bottom is mannerist-baroque, the top is a later period.
Source: Salinara dot com
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