Chiesa di San Martino
Photo: Neil Weightman
FlickrWhere: Randazzo (CT)
History: rebuilt in the 17th century, it has a beautiful campanile dating from the 13th-14th century. Battlemented at roof level, a tall octagonal spire points skywards; lower down it is ornamented with elegant single openings, emphasized by deep polychrome strips and decorative pointed three-light windows. Inside, it preserves two Gaginian Madonnas and a polyptych attributed to Antonello de Saliba, a pupil of Antonello da Messina. Across from the church lie the ruins of the castle-prison, that began life in the 13th century as a fortified tower set into the city walls. Just beyond is the Porta di San Martino (St. Martin's Gateway).
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