Oratory of San Lorenzo, Palermo

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Oratory of Saint Lawrence
Oratorio di San Lorenzo (in Italian)
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Archdiocese of Palermo
Rite	Roman Rite
Location
Location	Palermo, Italy
Geographic coordinates	38°07′00.07″N 13°21′59.15″E / 38.1166861°N 13.3664306°E / 38.1166861; 13.3664306Coordinates: 38°07′00.07″N 13°21′59.15″E / 38.1166861°N 13.3664306°E / 38.1166861; 13.3664306
Architecture
Style	Sicilian Baroque
Groundbreaking	1570 c.

The Oratory of Saint Lawrence (Italian: Oratorio di San Lorenzo) is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. It is located near the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, in the quarter of the Kalsa, within the historic centre of Palermo.^[1]

The oratory was founded in the late 16th century. The building was given to the Conventual Franciscans in order to spread the cult of the saints Francis and Lawrence. In 1699 Giacomo Serpotta realized a sumptuous stucco decoration.

The oratory is particularly famous because of the masterpiece altarpiece Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence (1600 or 1609) by Caravaggio. This important painting was stolen, probably by Cosa Nostra, on October 18, 1969. In 2015 a hi-tech replica of the altarpiece was placed inside the oratory.^[2]

Caravaggio, Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence

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