Nicosia Cathedral

[1] A church at the site, called San Nicolò il Piccolo, is recalled to have been present during the Byzantine and Saracen occupations of Sicily.

[2] A larger church, dedicated also to Saint Nicola di Bari, was begun by 1302 during the rule of Federico II d'Aragona.

The first chapel on the left (Baptistery) has a font with a bas-relief depicting the Original Sin (1497-1499) attributed to Antonello Gagini.

[10] The right transept has a venerated wooden crucifix and a Madonna della Vittoria attributed to the school of Gagini, and completed to celebrate the victory at Lepanto.

The left transept has a statue of San Nicola di Bari by Filippo Quattrocchi, a follower of Gagini.