Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

The Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata features three naves supported by columns and pillars, with a wooden truss ceiling and a seventeenth-century walnut choir in the central apse.

After the 1649 earthquake destroyed the original fifteenth-century structure, the church was rebuilt with a different orientation and completed in 1707 through public donations.

The church contains multiple canvas paintings depicting scenes from the lives of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus, alongside marble altars in the side chapels.

The church maintains its position as the mother church of Forza d'Agrò and operates under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.

A painted crucifix on wood, attributed to the Sicilian school with Giotto influences, survived intact during the church collapse in the 1649 earthquake.

Location: Forza d'Agrò

Inception: 1707

Architectural style: Baroque

GPS coordinates: 37.91475,15.33419

Latest update: March 5, 2025 19:14