San Paolo, Palazzolo Acreide

San Paolo is a Roman Catholic basilica church located in the town of Palazzolo Acreide, in the region of Sicily, Italy.

It has projecting corinthian columns, and atop these, in the third story, are statues of twelve apostles.

The central arch above the portal has a statue of Christ blessing flanked by two cherubim.

The facade harbors a portico or pronaos, which is approached through two scenic ramps of stairs.

Until the early 1900s, the facade, studded with six pairs of statues of the Apostles, was surmounted by a frieze, no longer existing today, which depicted a sword, symbol of the Apostle Paul, twisted by a snake, and inserted into the inside of a royal crown.