Site Details

Agrigento, Cathedral (San Gerlando)


 

Field Name Contents
Title (variant) San Gerlando
Description Three-aisle, wood-roof basilica with a wide, non-projecting transept and three apses. Deep central apse contains the sanctuary. Openings provide access between sanctuary and flanking apses. Nave features a columnar arcade with cross-shaped piers at the sixth bay division. Lateral chapels at the ninth bay. Crossing compartmentalized by arches on piers. Baroque facade.
Type Cathedral
Style/Culture
Period
Notes Reopened in 2018 after six years.