Chiesa Di S. Pietro - Erice

The original church was founded in 1365 and was later enlarged in the 16th and 17th centuries, when it was demolished and rebuilt in 1745 according to a Borrominian-inspired project designed by the architect Giovanni Biagio Amico. It was one of the most visited churches by the faithful due to its location in the center of the city.

The only element that gives monumentality to the building, in itself very simple and sparse, is the entrance portal: in Baroque style it culminates in a battlement where the bells are located. The portal is framed by two Ionic columns and surmounted by a small entablature with two large volutes, in the center of which is a votive aedicule surmounted by the papal coat of arms.

The church is connected by a 16th-century arch to the monastery of the same name in front of it (which housed the S. Rocco Institute after the unification of Italy and which now houses the 'Ettore Majorana' Center for Scientific Culture).

Willem Vandenameele