San Michele Arcangelo, Baroque church in Mazara del Vallo, Italy

San Michele Arcangelo is a baroque church in Mazara del Vallo with a single nave covered by a barrel vault, a short transept and a deep apse. A hemispherical dome on a cylindrical drum rises at the crossing. The 1702 neo-Renaissance facade by Alberto Orlando has Doric and Ionic orders, four niches with statues of Saints Bernard, Benedict, Scholastica and Gertrude, and a central statue of Saint Michael by Fazio Gagini.

Giorgio d'Antiochia founded the church in the 12th century. In the early 17th century Abbess Ausilia Lazzara had it rebuilt in baroque style, and Bishop Giuseppe Cicala consecrated it on 23 January 1678, as a plaque just inside the entrance records. Stucco decoration followed in 1697, and gilding in 1764 under Abbess Maria Benedetta Gerbino.

The church serves as a gathering place for the Catholic community of Mazara del Vallo, where residents gather for regular worship and celebrations. Religious life here connects generations through shared ceremonies and traditions that have shaped local identity.

The church sits in the heart of Mazara del Vallo and is easy to reach on foot from the surrounding streets. Daily access allows visitors to walk through and view the baroque details, chapels, and interior decorations at their own pace.

On the nave vault, Tommaso Maria Sciacca painted the Triumph of Saint Michael over Lucifer, and part of the devil's figure projects out from the surface of the fresco. The church also holds a silver statue of Saint Vitus, carried in procession each year during 'u fistinu di Santu Vitu.