Basilica San Sebastiano - Ferla - SR

And 'the largest church in Ferla; It has three naves with 41 meters in length and 41 in width. Was built the first time in 1481, the 1693 earthquake completely destroyed the fifteenth-century temple which was rebuilt according to a broader form and a plastic-decorative program rich in artistic values. The right aisle was dedicated to the Immaculate, the center of San Sebastian, the left to the Souls in Purgatory, in the side aisles there are eight chapels, four on each side. For the plastic apparatus of singular facade was called the architect and sculptor buccherese Michelangelo Di Giacomo, who, for the first time, in all the decorative experience of the Baroque Ibleo, elevated to the ephemeral sculpture dignity of the portal machine it is the best example of Sicilian Baroque sculpture of the eighteenth century. For the interior decorations were called skilled plasterers, for the paintings he was commissioned Giuseppe Crestadoro, author of the great canvas above the main altar. Inside there is the priceless statue of the Patron Saint Sebastian in orange wood (1530), another example of valuable invoice is the statue of the Immaculate, a wooden statue of the eighteenth century, also used for the Easter meeting, I they are also the statues of St. Anthony of Padua, the Crisco at the Column, San Giuseppe, a crucifix and a majestic Risen Christ is also used for the Easter meeting. The feast of St. Sebastian was founded 13 September 1642 by Pope Urban VIII bubble, the sacramental church was made May 28, 1660 with a grant of Pope Alexander VII.