Building Name: | Church of the Immaculate Conception |
Native Name: | Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione al Capo |
Location: | Palermo, Italy |
Coordinates: | 38.1186°N 13.3643°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Province: | Archdiocese of Palermo |
Architecture: | yes |
Architect: | Antonio Muttone |
Architecture Style: | Sicilian Baroque |
Groundbreaking: | 1604 |
Year Completed: | 1740 |
The Church of the Immaculate Conception (Italian: Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione or Immacolata Concezione al Capo) is a Baroque church of Palermo. It is located on the busy streets composing the markets of the Capo, in the quarter of the Seralcadio, within the historic centre of Palermo.
This monastic church is on via Porta Carini, across the street from the parish church of Sant'Ippolito. It was built between 1604 and 1740 and is finely decorated with many works of Sicilian artists like Giacomo Amato, Pietro Novelli, Olivio Sòzzi, Giuseppe Velasco and Carlo D'Aprile.