Churches and Monasteries

Agrigento's old town grew on the hill above the Greek city, and its churches span from the Norman period to the Baroque. Two of them stand on top of Greek temples, so you can see ancient stones inside a Christian church.

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A

San Gerlando Cathedral

Cathedral at the top of the old town, founded in the Norman period and rebuilt many times, with a painted wooden ceiling.

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B

Santo Spirito

Church of a Cistercian convent founded around 1300, decorated with white stucco by Giacomo Serpotta's workshop.

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C

Santa Maria dei Greci

Small medieval church over a Greek temple, with the temple base visible inside and in the crypt.

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D

San Lorenzo (Purgatorio)

Baroque church with stucco statues of the Virtues attributed to the Serpotta school.

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E

Basilica dell'Immacolata

Church of the Franciscan convent, also called San Francesco, with medieval origins and a Baroque interior.

F

San Biagio

Norman church below the old town, built on the remains of a Greek temple of Demeter and Persephone.