San Domenico, Palermo

Church of Saint Dominic
Chiesa di San Domenico (in Italian)
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvinceArchdiocese of Palermo
RiteRoman Rite
Location
LocationPalermo, Italy
Geographic coordinates38°07′08.46″N 13°21′48.18″E / 38.1190167°N 13.3633833°E / 38.1190167; 13.3633833
Architecture
StyleSicilian Baroque
Groundbreaking1640
Completed1770
Website
Official site
Façade.
Symbol of the Dominican Order
Statue of St Dominic
Chapel of St Joseph

San Domenico (Saint Dominic) is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza San Domenico, and located in the ancient quarter of La Loggia, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. Piazza San Domenico opens to Via Roma a few blocks south of the large Palazzo delle Poste, and a few blocks north of Sant'Antonio Abate and Teatro Biondo, is the northern border of the warren of alleys of the Vucciria neighborhood. The church houses the burial monuments of many notable Sicilians, and is known thus as the Pantheon of illustrious Sicilians.