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San Luca Evangelista, Lentini

San Luca Evangelista, Lentini

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San Luca Evangelista is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on piazza San Luca, between via Cairoli and via Bricinna, in the town of Lentini, province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.[1][2]

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Nave towards apse.

The present church was rebuilt after the 1693 Sicily earthquake using white stone.[3] The interior houses an altarpiece depicting the crucifixion attributed to followers of Tintoretto,[1][2] and another depicting Francis of Assisi attributed to followers of Jacopo Bassano.[1][2] There is also a Birth of the Virgin (1760) by Francesco Gramignani Arezzi.[1][2] The church suffered damage from the 1990 earthquake, which has since been repaired.[3] The interiors are presently a sober neoclassical single nave.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Chiesa dedicata a san Luca Evangelista, Lentini". Etnaportal (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Lentini: Le Chiese". LentiniOnline.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Il territorio". Sicilia Nostra (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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