Santi Pietro e Paolo d'Agrò

The church was constructed during the 12th century as part of a Basilian monastery.{{cite web |url= https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/22630|title=The architecture of the church of SS. Pietro e Paolo d'Agro, Sicily|last= Nicklies|first= Charles Edward|date= 1992|website= Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship|publisher= University of Illinois|access-date= 7 February 2017|quote=}}

The church is about {{convert|11|m|ft}} wide, {{convert|20|m|ft}} long and {{convert|17|m|ft}} high. Its exterior is characterised by its block-like form, but the facade is richly decorated. Inside, the church has the plan of a basilica with three aisles. Two domes rise from the central nave, one above its centre and one above the choir.

The architecture of the church displays influences from a vast variety of sources, and constitutes "a mixed architectural heritage, attributable to Sicily's heterogeneous population, {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} Muslims, Byzantines, and Normans." The block-like form of the exterior is reminiscent of North European contemporary architecture while the floor plan of the church is similar to the way churches were built in the Byzantine architectural tradition. Its principle of construction at the same time is essentially that of Western European Gothic architecture. In its details and decorations, too, the church exhibits a wealth of influences (e.g. in the use of muqarnas vaulting). For these reasons, the church has been called "one of the most sophisticated and coherent works of architecture to emerge from the Norman rule of the island".

File:Chiesa dei SS Pietro e Paolo d'Agrò Pianta 4.jpg|Floor plan

File:Chiesa SS Pietro e Paolo sezione trasversale.jpg|Section

File:Apse Santi Pietro Paolo d'Agrò.jpg|View of the apse

File:SS. Pietro e Paolo d'Agrò (Casalvecchio Siculo) 3.jpg|View of the plaque above the entrance

File:Chiesa SS Pietro e Paolo Interno 1.jpg|Interior

• Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture
• History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes

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Category:Norman architecture in Italy

Category:Churches with Norman architecture

Category:Churches in the metropolitan city of Messina