Church of the Rosary - Piraino

The Church of the Rosary stands on a pre-existing church dedicated to the S.S. Trinity of the fifteenth century. but in 1635 it was remodeled by the confraternity of the SS. Rosario, who established the cult of the Madonna there. The building still retains the ancient bell tower of the sixteenth century. The sandstone portal dates back to 1600 and is characterized by two Corinthian columns placed on two plinths decorated with floral motifs and fluted in the upper stem, surmounted by a tympanum broken into volutes. The interior, with a single nave, features the wooden Baroque altar of 1630-1650 which houses the sculptural group of the Madonna del Rosario with San Domenico and Santa Caterina da Siena from 1703 crowned with squares with the 15 mysteries of the Rosary. The coffered ceiling restored in 1972 is interesting. Recent restorations have led to the discovery of the ancient tomb of the Confraternity.