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San Nicolò all'Albergheria

San Nicolò all'Albergheria, Medieval church in Albergheria district, Palermo, Italy.

San Nicolò all'Albergheria is a church in Palermo's Albergheria district with a three-nave structure supported by twelve pillars. The building features a dome with frescoes above the transept and shows a blend of medieval and baroque architectural elements.

The church is documented in Palermo archives from 1259 under the name San Nicolò de' Latini; Antonino Mongitore dated its foundation to 1292. Around 1400 Queen Bianca of Navarre funded an enlargement with privileges. In 1715 the parish priest Giuseppe Tommaso Castelli restored it, replacing Gothic arches and tuff columns with round arches and adding a transept dome; it reopened for worship on 12 April 1724.

The church keeps the wooden crucifix carved by Fra Innocenzo da Petralia in the right transept, restored in 2013. In the left aisle, the wooden Madonna del Perpetuo Soccorso by Vincenzo Genovese, late 19th century, came from the demolished church of the Madonna del Soccorso on via Albergheria. The 13th-century Madonna della Spersa panel once venerated here is now at the Diocesan Museum.

The church is located in the Albergheria area near Capo Market and is easily reached on foot. It helps to take time exploring the interior, as details in lighting and architecture reveal themselves from different angles.

The church kept its parish title until 1767, when the expulsion of the Jesuits moved it to the Gesù di Casa Professa; from 1781 to 1801, while the cathedral was being rebuilt, the title of cathedral was temporarily transferred there too. Around 1930 the widening of via Mongitore nearly caused San Nicolò's demolition: the parish priest Vannelli and surveys by the Superintendency saved it, though the cemetery and baptistery were pulled down.

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