Palermo - Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Zita

To the left of Santa Zita stands the Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Zita, the house of devotion of a Rosenkranz brotherhood. It is richly decorated with stucco work by Giacomo Serpotta and his school, including the wall near the entrance with its large, gathered stucco "curtain" into which are worked numerous figures and the naval battle of Lepanto of 1571. The altar-piece "Madonna of the Rosary" was painted by Carlo Maratta in Rome in 1695.