Santa Maria dello Spasimo, or Lo Spasimo, is an unfinished Catholic church in the Kalsa neighborhood in Palermo, Sicily, on Via dello Spasimo.
Construction of the church and accompanying monastery of the Olivetan Order began in 1509 with a papal bull from Julius II, on land bequeathed by Giacomo Basilicò, a lawyer and the widower of a rich noblewoman. The Spasimo or Swoon of the Virgin was a controversial idea in late medieval and Renaissance Catholic devotion. The church commissioned the painting by Raphael, Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary, or Lo Spasimo di Sicilia, as it is also known. This was completed in Rome in about 1514-165, but in 1622 the Spanish Viceroy of Naples twisted arms and obtained its sale to Philip IV of Spain, and it is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
Monday | Closed |
Tuesday | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
Wednesday | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
Thursday | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
Friday | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
Saturday | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
Sunday | 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
tommaso a. | Dec 19, 2017
super suggestive church with no roof, the maximum expression of decadentism of palermo in my opinion, the church is surrended by a garden with other rests, just to let you know that the entrance is free!
Maria Gabriela | Oct 24, 2017
A ruin which has so much history inside. For sure you know that a painting of Raphael should be in this place, but because it was finished in Madrid there you will find it
Thuy Le | Jan 2, 2018
Beautiful. And free entry
Mark K | Dec 9, 2017
Amazing 16th century architecture
Leo La Ciura | Jul 16, 2017
A fascinating location to breath the real spirit of Palermo
Tiziano Patrick Dodgson | May 6, 2018
Charming place in a not so charming neighborhood in Palermo!
Christina Vassiliou | Aug 14, 2018
Breathe taking monument bombarded at WW2
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