Santa Maria della Catena, Palermo

Church of Saint Mary of the Chain
	Chiesa di Santa Maria della Catena (in Italian)
	The Catalan Gothic porch
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Archdiocese of Palermo
Rite	Roman Rite
Location
Location	Palermo, Italy
Geographic coordinates	38°07′09.15″N 13°22′10.51″E
Architecture
Style	Catalan Gothic
Groundbreaking	1490
Completed	1520

Santa Maria della Catena is a church in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

Interior

The church was built in 1490-1520, designed by Matteo Carnilivari. The name derives from the presence, on one of the walls, of a chain (Italian: catena) which closed the Cala port.

The work mixes late Renaissance style and Gothic-Catalan style, the latter especially visible in the three-part arcaded loggia located at the top of a staircase (added in 1845). The interior is also late Gothic, and includes a canvas of Nativity with Adoration of the Shepherds (17th century) by an unknown master, and 16th-century bas-reliefs attributed to Vincenzo and Antonello Gagini, who also sculpted the capitals of the columns and the entrance portals.

Annexed to the church is a 1602 convent house, which, starting from 1844, has been the seat of the State Archive.

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External links

Santa Maria della Catena

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