Church of San Domenico in Aidone
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The Church of San Vincenzo Ferreri in Aidone, better known as the Church of San Domenico, together with the adjoining Dominican convent, constitutes an important religious complex in the village. The relic of the Lord's thorn was venerated in this church.
It was built starting in 1419 at the behest of the blessed friar Vincenzo da Pistoia, designed by the architect Vincenzo Di Luca from Aidone.
Of particular value is the white diamond-point façade, a very rare feature in religious buildings, which instead characterizes some civil buildings such as Palazzo Steripinto in Sciacca and the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara. The façade is bordered by two high sandstone cornerstones, which recall the Plateresque style that spread from Catalonia in the second half of the 15th century, surmounted by a lowered tympanum marked by metopes and triglyphs. The portal opens in the centre, flanked by two pilasters with Corinthian capitals embellished with the faces of angels, also in Plateresque style.
The church, with a single nave, is completed by an apse where there are some traces of the 15th century rose window. On the sides of the apse there are two sandstone cornerstones with Corinthian capitals. The interior is striking because the right wall is in bare stone and the other has 18th century stucco, the result of the restoration carried out following the earthquake of 1693.
