page_title: Santuario di Maria Santissima di Custonaci
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Santuario di Maria Santissima di Custonaci / History / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Interno della Chiesa madre di Custonaci, Sicily
context_page_description: The Sanctuary of Maria Santissima di Custonaci is a Catholic Church located in the town centre of Custonaci dedicated to Mary.
  Madonna of Custonaci is the patroness and guardian of the communes of agro Erice.
context_section_description: A particular parvis surrounds the sanctuary: it is paved with small river pebbles which create unique and elegant geometrical and floral patterns.  The façade has a rose window made with tufa and coloured glasses. 
  Its interior shape is a Roman cross with three different naves, divided by columns in brickwork and painted with marble effects, from which acute sixth arches (calling back the Gothic) raise.
  The high altar, realized in baroque style in 1627, is embellished by polychrome marbles; in the marble complex of the presbytery there is a statue of the Immaculate Conception, dating back to the first half of the 17th century, and the wooden statues of Saint Albert and Saint Julian, patrons of Erice, on the two sides.
  In the lower central part, we can admire the image of Maria Santissima di Custonaci, a precious painting realized by Antonello da Messina in the 15th century. In front of it they placed the Lamp of Peace, donated by the communes of agro Ericino in 2011, which is always lighted.
caption: Interior of the sanctuary
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