Museum of Sacred Art of Termini Imerese
The Museum of Sacred Art of Termini Imerese is housed in the Cathedral. Inside the museum there are numerous silverware, vestments, reliquaries and liturgical objects of great value.
The silverware, most produced by Palermitan masters such as Domenico La Villa, includes over a hundred ancient liturgical objects including monstrances, pyxes, chalices, reliquaries, thuribles, shuttles, buckets and sprinklers.
Of particular value are: the reliquary of San Calogero dating back to the first half of the 16th century; the reliquary of San Gerardo dating back to 1572; the reliquary of the hair of the Virgin which constitutes a real work of sacred art, made of gilded, embossed and chiseled silver, dates back to 1726; a precious 18th century chasuble embroidered in "picturesque" style.
The most evocative section of the Museum is the one dedicated to the gold of the Immaculate Conception which collects only a part of the "ex voto" donated over the centuries by the faithful to the Madonna.
Visits are possible by reservation.
