Oratorio delle Dame al Giardinello, Catholic oratory in the Albergheria district, Palermo, Italy.

The Oratorio delle Dame al Giardinello is a rectangular prayer hall in Palermo's Albergheria district, entered through a Baroque portal in Billiemi stone bearing a Marian monogram. Inside, two rows of inlaid wooden stalls line the walls, above which ten framed medallions of the Marian Mysteries alternate with octagonal panels of Christ's childhood. The vault carries Antonio Grano's Triumph of the Virgin, and a small garden courtyard keeps its 19th-century majolica floor.

The oratory was founded in 1595 by a congregation of noble women dedicated to assisting mothers during childbirth under the invocation of the Virgin's Birth Expectation. This founding mission shaped the place's original purpose and community role.

The congregation's monthly meetings included meditations on the good death, prayers for women in labour and for deceased members, and Lenten exercises. At Christmas and Easter the sisters distributed baskets containing a layette for a newborn, sewn by the members themselves.

The oratory continues to serve the community through monthly spiritual gatherings and support programs for mothers facing economic hardship. Visitors should expect that the space may be in use for these meetings and may have limited access during these times.

The 36 presbytery seats are built of fir wood veneered in violet ebony and walnut, with inlays, profiles and paintings in each panel; the carved faces depict the congregation's ladies. A local third-generation restorer, Gerlando Calî, restored them free of charge between 2018 and 2019.