page_title: Santa Maria della Catena, Palermo
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Maria della Catena, Palermo
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Santa Maria della Catena. by Hszeee
context_page_description: Santa Maria della Catena is a church in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
  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 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. The interior is also late Gothic, and includes a canvas of Nativity with Adoration of the Shepherds 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.
context_section_description: Santa Maria della Catena is a church in Palermo, Sicily,  Italy.
  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.
caption: The Catalan Gothic porch
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