Church of Sant' Antonio

41 Via F. sco Purpura, Montelepre

Location

The church of Sant' Antonio was born in 1761 at the wish of the archbishop of Monreale Monsignor Testa.

The main prospect has 3 portals and is topped by a pediment.

In 1956 it was equipped with the bell tower.

The plant is a Latin cross with three naves and nine altars.

The vault of the central nave was decorated at the end of the 19th century.

In the presbytery we find two paintings of the seventeenth century.

In the central nave it is possible to observe the statue of St. Anthony on the altar, holding the child Jesus and the other hand a lily.