Virgin D’Itria Church

The parish church dedicated to the Virgin of Ittrio dates from around 1655 and was built at the behest of Gerolamo Vivaldi, owner of the Tonnara di Portoscuso. The building during the twentieth century underwent renovations, both externally and internally. A first major renovation was carried out in the 1950s : the nave was lengthened and the bell gable was demolished. In the 1970s the wall altar was demolished and the chancel balustrades were torn down. Other more recent work, however, involved painting the interior walls and various maintenance work. In 2003, the rose window with the effigy of Our Lady of Ittrio was made, and in 2009 the side windows depicting some of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary were made. Housed inside the church are two paintings, restored in 2012, dating back to the 17th century. The largest painting depicting the Virgin of Hittria ,surrounded by angels, inside a chest held by two monks at whose sides appear St. John the Baptist and St. Anthony of Padua. The other painting, smaller in size, depicts Our Lady of Mount Carmel with the Purgatory Souls, shown between St. Joseph and St. John the Baptist, holding the infant Jesus on her lap. The niche in the front wall of the chancel houses the simulacrum of Our Lady of Ittrio, also dating from the 17th century.

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