Oratorio di San Lorenzo

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    Via dell'Immacolatella, centro
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The Oratorio di San Lorenzo is another of Serpotta's extravagant stucco oratories, built in 1569 by the Compagnia di San Francesco. The work includes a series of panels with details from the lives of St Lawrence and St Francis, the best of which is the Martirio di San Lorenzo (Martyrdom of St Lawrence), on the far wall. A large Natività (Nativity) by Caravaggio once hung on the wall behind the altar, but it was stolen in 1969 and has never been found.