Duomo di San Giorgio Martire - Caccamo

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The Cathedral of San Giorgio Martire, called Cathedral of Caccamo, stands in Piazza Duomo.

According to legend , the city's first cathedral was the Church of Sant'Anna e Santa Venera, a now-ruined building on the edge of the old quarter of 'Terravecchia', at the foot of the castle. A first mother church was built around 1094 , probably a small court chapel, as evidenced by a plaque in the temple attributed to the Normans.

In the years 1477 - 1480, the building was enlarged and enriched with numerous works of art, an expression of the Sicilian Renaissance, thanks to the generosity and rule of the Enriquez - Prades - Cabrera families.
In 1606, the judges and representatives of the powerful city families, represented by the Henriquez and Amato families and Canon Paolo Muscia, decided to build a larger mother church ex novo, taking into account the increased needs of the population, giving them the task of completing the project entrusted to the architect Vincenzo La Barbera from Palermo. In 1614, the prayer house was rebuilt with gifts from patrons of the city, the new construction given dictates typical of the flourishing Sicilian baroque. The temple thus renovated brings together the already existing artistic treasures with new commissions and works from other abandoned or dilapidated places of worship.

The pyramid-shaped spire of the bell tower was finished with 4200 majolica tiles with the image of Saint George on the four sides. In 1790, lightning destroyed the bell tower, the repair was entrusted to Nicolò Pruiti who made the model in a conical shape. On that occasion, the bell chamber was also rebuilt with cut stone.
The floor of the church, paved with grey, black and pink Carrara marble, was renewed and replaced the existing floor in majolica tiles.

The dome is cube-shaped and is supported by four pillars.

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