The Church of the Gesù (Chiesa del Gesù - Casa professa) - the first Jesuit church in Sicily
The Church of the Gesù is one of the most important Baroque churches in Sicily.
Detail of the ceiling in the Church of the Gesù (also known as Casa Professa) in Palermo, the first church to be erected by the Jesuits in Sicily (1564-1633).
Video: Documentary about the symbolism in Chiesa del Gesù
The marble reliefs with their figural and ornamental motifs in the Church of the Gesù (Chiesa del Gesù) are truly amazing.
More incredible decorations in the Church of the Gesù (Casa Professa). The “decorative frenzy” of the 17th (and 18th) century took the form of “dense patterns of inlaid coloured marble and hardstone (marmi mischi)”, especially in Palermo.
Decorations in the Church of the Gesù (Casa Professa).
Decorations in the Church of the Gesù (Casa Professa).
The jaw-dropping interior of the Church of the Gesù (Casa Professa). Goethe, though, hated the lavish decorations when he visited Palermo in 1787.
The beautiful organ in Casa professa in intact, but not working.
Detail of the inlaid marble in The Church of the Gesù (Chiesa del Gesù).
Detail of reliefs and the inlaid marble.
Detail of reliefs and the inlaid marble.
Detail of reliefs and the inlaid marble.
Detail of reliefs and the inlaid marble.
Sculptures in the Church of the Gesù.
Decoration.
Reliquary Crucifix in the Church of the Gesù.
Sculpture of the Virgin (maybe set aside for restoration?) duplicated in a mirror.
Chiesa di San Francesco d’Assisi
Chiesa del Gesù, Piazza Casa Professa, 1.
Video: Documentary about the symbolism in Chiesa del Gesù
Sicilia svelata - Palermo: l'Immacolata al Capo svelata (with English subtitles)
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The Church of the Gesù is also known as Chiesa del Gesù, Church of Saint Mary of Gesu, Chiesa di Santa Maria di Gesù or Casa Professa.
