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Tomb of Ferdinando d'Aragona Tagliavia, San Domenico Church, Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy

Tomb of Ferdinando d'Aragona Tagliavia, 1549, with marble effigy of a reclining warrior, in the Chapel of the Choir, in the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Decorated in Baroque style in the 16th century, the church is known as the Sistine Chapel of Sicily. The church was damaged in the Belice earthquake of 1968 and was reopened in 2014 after 5 years of restoration work. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Tomb of Ferdinando d'Aragona Tagliavia, 1549, with marble effigy of a reclining warrior, in the Chapel of the Choir, in the Chiesa di San Domenico, or San Domenico Church, built in 1470, commissioned by the Tagliavia, rulers of Castelvetrano, on the Piazza Regina Margherita in Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Decorated in Baroque style in the 16th century, the church is known as the Sistine Chapel of Sicily. The church was damaged in the Belice earthquake of 1968 and was reopened in 2014 after 5 years of restoration work. Picture by Manuel Cohen