CHIESA DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI

The complex formed by the church and the convent of San Francesco d’Assisi gives its name to the extremely Islamic quarter with its twisting alleyways and courtyards. The church, initially dedicated to  San Biagio in Norman times, underwent a renovation of the façade in 1216 and the addition of the convent the second francescano convent in Sicily; baroque times (1680) it was again restructured and enriched with fine stuccoes and paintings which completely cover the internal walls, wall hangings and the vault with sacred and profane subjects. Worth noting it the eighteenth century doorway which contains a circle with the La Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco, by Francesco Incrivaglia (1730).