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Casa Professa - Palermo

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The scenario is impressive for anyone able and eager to read. Since the iron fence and the very first steps, the visitor is aware to enter a very special church. Almost everything from the entrance is nothing but allegory and symbolism...

Open the door leaves you wordless in front of the unexpected show all over the walls, so that not even a spot has been forgotten by the sumptuous decoration, for the main part sculpted and chiselled.

For a guided visit to this church which is part of the "Esoteric Palermo" tour, information and reservation by mail jpb@sicile.net

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Jus & Pax
 
 
Mistery
 
 
Revelation
 
 
Uccellacci, uccellini
 
 
 
 
Thru martyrdom to Glory
 
 
S. Rosalia's triumph
 
 
Tragedy
 
 
Allegory of the snakes (detail)
 
 
Allegory of the snakes (detail)
 
 
Keeper of Holy Sacrament's
 
 
Thru sacrifice to Victory
 
 
Birds allegory
 
 
Birds allegory (detail)
 
 
 
 
Skyline view of Palermo seen from Casa Professa: on the left the cuppola of St. Joseph Theatine, on the right that of Benedictine convent of S. Catherine of Alexandria
 
 
The district under Casa Professa is built on the stream called Kemonia, that killed about 3000 in 1557, the residents caught by surprise in their sleep.
 
 
Palermo skyline, S.Joseph's cuppola, Mount Pellegrino. On the left the brown shape of Teatro Massimo, Palermo's opera.
 
 
Palermo skyline staging the cathedral's towers and cuppola, and the loggia in SS. Salvatore oratory.
 
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Ricordo ancora con viva emozione la visita guidata minuziosamente da Jean Paul a Casa Professa: ovunque si posasse lo sguardo, c'era motivo di riflessione. Un'esperienza indimenticabile, grazie.
Scritto da NADA ALESSANDRONI il 15/09/2009

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