The church is rightly claimed to be the best
typical example of Lecce Baroque.
Many local artists took part in the building works which lasted
for 150 years.
The attached Convent of the Celestines with its wonderful cloister
was built between 1659-1695 and is now the seat of the Provincial
Administration and the Prefecture. |
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| The Church and the Convent were constructed by order of
the Celestines. |
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A balcony supported by columns of male figures
and animal images separates the first still classical order, attributed
to Gabriele Riccardi, from the second one, which is typically
baroque (by Cesare Penna). |
| The central nave is covered by a wooden ceiling,
which was reconstructed in the XIX century, and in the cross of
the transept there is the cupola, made in 1590. The chapel of
Saint Francesco da Paola, on the left, is by Francesco Antonio
Zimbalo. |
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piazza Duomo
piazza S. Oronzo
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