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The traces of the ancient buildings are
still well visible, referable to the two churches Santa Maria and SS.
Trinità, before their fusion:
 on the
northern wall, stand out the corner of the ancient church and a Gothic
door, composed of limestone ashlars and surmounted by a
mask representing a human face;
the buttress
of the wall is clearly outlined, to the North side;
inside,
on the right and left side coming in from the major door, were
brought to light some columns, the floor and
other architectural elements in limestone, referable to the
ancient church of Santa Maria;
on the
southern wall, are visible a door with
architrave and semi-columns of greenish stone, already
flaked by the time (can be red only a few words) and some Gothic
little windows to glimmer, in sandstone, like the ones in the Benedictine
Abbey of Maniace.
The
joining of the two churches of Santa Maria and SS. Trinità did not happen
in the same period:
 the
pronao with the preacher's quartierino, the columns and the
architrave of the major door date 1575, few years after the
forced joining of the
farmhouses in Bronte, ordered by Carlo v (1535);
the bell
tower was completed in 1579,
the
vaults in the XVIII century,
the
two wonderful baroque altars of the
crucifix and the purgatory in 1655.
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The bell tower (1759)
restored in 1780 ("Michael Aidala refecit et dealbavit")
has a stylistic and volumetric autonomy of its own and
with his massive proportions gives relevance to the set.
Its powerful structure , is highlighted by corner pillars
of lava stone, crenellated on top and a cusp with an
octagonal base.
Three overhanging lapidary windowsills divide the
plastered fund of the four sides and highlight the shutter
of the one light arched window.
A Ghibelline battlement with a pyramidal cusp to octagonal
base concludes the covering with a crowning typical of all
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Inside of the church
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there isn't a precise architectural style and is extremely simple but
also interesting enough.
