Enna - Cathedral

(Local Name: Chiesa Madre) Within its single-towered facade three gates open between massive pilasters. This Chiesa Madre, which was built in 1307, was renewed after a fire, the rebuilding lasting right into the 17th century. The transept of the original building has been retained. The exterior of the apses date from the end of the 15th century. The interior has fine wooden ceilings over the nave and transepts, while Pietro Rosso from Bologna added an opulent stucco Crowning of the Virgin Mary to the main apse in about 1595. The capitals and bases of the columns in the three aisles of the interior have richly sculpted decorations, individual ones indicating by their inscriptions that they are the work of Gian