Church of St. Joseph

The Church of St. Joseph stands in the Piazza IX Aprile, next to the Clock Tower.

The church was built in the Baroque style between 1600 and 1700. A double ramp fenced with carved Siracusa stone balustrade leads to the parvis, where the big central portal in marble of Taormina in different colors is.

The Taormina stone is also used for the bottom of the bell tower, on the right of the church. Since in the past the Church has been home to the “Brotherhood of the souls in Purgatory“, on the front and inside of the Church there are several human figures surrounded by flames, symbol of the purification of sins.

The Church has a single nave and the dome has a fresco depicting the child St. John Bosco between the Madonna and Jesus; the walls of the nave are decorated and adorned with various frescoes and paintings of sacred art.