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Francesco Arancio
Francesco Arancio (1844–?) was an Italian painter. He was born in Palermo, where he first trained under Salvatore Lo Forte. In 1870, he won a bronze medal at the Exposition of Palermo for his painting of a large realistic portrait of a ''Garibaldino'' and similarly a bronze medal from Messina for a small canvas representing the choir of the Cathedral of Palermo; and an honorable mention at the Casino delle Arti in Palermo for a small canvas depicting a half-figure. He also completed many portraits of prominent families of Palermo. Among his works are: *''Interior of the Church of the Martorana''. *''Madonna dell'Arco'' for the church of San Francesco da Paola in Palermo *'' Madonna del Perpetuo Soccorso'' on gilded wood, for the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in Palermo *''Sant'Antonio'' for the church of Sepolcro in Bagheria, near Palermo *''Choir of the Cathedral of Palermo Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in Isla Palermo 734 BC by the Phoenicians as ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Ancient Carthage, Carthage. Two ancient Greeks, Greek ancient Greek colonization, colonies were established, known collectively as ; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th centuryBC. As , the town became part of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under History of Islam in south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Lo Forte
Salvatore Lo Forte (20 March 1804 – 11 January 1885), also sometimes written Loforte, was an Italian painter, active mainly in his native Palermo and painting in a neoclassical style. Biography He was born in Palermo. His first training was under the painter G. Burgio, and they Vincenzo Riolo. In 1816, he attended lessons in the Royal ''Accademia del Nudo'' of Palermo, where he studied under Giuseppe Velasco. Along with Riolo he was employed in the restoration of the Novelli frescoes in the Chapel of the Holy Crucifix in the church of San Filippo Neri in Palermo. In 1824, he received a scholarship from the Municipal government to study under Vincenzo Camuccini in Rome. By 1830, he was back in Palermo, where he painted the ''Blessed Sebastiano Valfré performs the miracle of healing a cripple'' for the church of Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella. In 1837, he was appointed director of the ''Regia Accademia del Nudo'', succeeding Riolo. In 1857, Lo Forte was replaced by Francesco Lo Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messina
Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants in the city proper and about 595,948 in the metropolitan city as of 2025. It is located near the northeast corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina and it is an important access terminal to Calabria region, Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria on the mainland. Founded by the Sicels with the name of ''Zancle'' in 757 BC, which in Siculian, their language meant sickle, it was repopulated by Greek colonisation, Greek colonists of Magna Graecia and renamed ''Messana''. The city was renamed ''Messina'' in the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine age. It was an important Roman Empire, Roman, and then Byzantine Empire, Greek-Byzantine city, but in 843 it was completely destroyed by the Arabs. Almost abandoned during the Islamic period, it rose again i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of Palermo
Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, located in Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century. History The church was erected in 1185 by Walter Ophamil, the Norman archbishop of Palermo and King William II's minister, on the area of an earlier Byzantine basilica. By all accounts this earlier church was founded by Pope Gregory I and was later turned into a mosque by the Arabs after their conquest of the city in the 9th century. Ophamil is buried in a sarcophagus in the church's crypt. The medieval edifice had a basilica plan with three apses. The upper orders of the corner towers were built between the 14th and the 15th centuries, while in the early Renaissance period the southern porch w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martorana, Palermo
The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral (), also called Martorana, is the seat of the ''Parish of San Nicolò dei Greci'' (), overlooking the Piazza Bellini, Palermo, Piazza Bellini, next to the Norman church of Church of San Cataldo, San Cataldo and facing the Baroque church of Santa Caterina, Palermo, Santa Caterina, in Palermo, Italy. The church is a co-cathedral to the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, a diocese which includes the Arbëreshë people, Italo-Albanian (''Arbëreshë'') communities in Sicily who officiate the liturgy according to the Byzantine Rite in the Koine Greek language and Albanian language. The Church bears witness to the Eastern religious and artistic culture still present in Italy today, further enhanced by the Albanian exiles who took refuge in southern Italy and Sicily from the 15th century under the pressure of Turkic peoples, Turkish-Ottoman Empire, Ottoman persecutions in Albania and the Balkans. The latter infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
