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Oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico
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Behind San Domenico is a greater treat, the sixteenth-century Oratorio del Rosario di
San Domenico, built and still maintained by the Knights of Malta, and adorned by the
acknowledged master of the art of stucco sculpture, Giacomo Serpotta. Born in
Palermo in 1656, Serpotta devoted his entire life to decorating oratories like this –
here, the figures of Justice, Strength and suchlike (resembling fashionable society
ladies, who often served as models) are crowned by an accomplished Van Dyck
altarpiece.
