"The present building is the result of the reconstruction of an existing structure in 1719, carried out by Deacon Onofrio De Sanda. The church is dedicated to San Giuseppe, the patron saint of carpenters.

The facade features a slightly raised gable and decorative elements below. The sandstone portal is framed by finely ornamented pilasters and capitals, surmounted by a projecting architrave."

Gernot Berndt

"Going up via Risorgimento, the gaze meets the Church of San Giuseppe, built in the eighteenth century, and consecrated by the Bishop of Strongoli Domenico Morelli (in ancient times Strongoli was the episcopal seat).

The Church is well maintained, with a wooden door, and on the sides it is possible to see the domes, in Byzantine style, which are located on the side chapels. The facade is in late Baroque style, and the beauty of the Church is told by the reconstruction carried out in the early 1800s, by will of the deacon Onofrio De Sanda and, right on the architrave, the phrase "D.O.M./ AD DIVO JOSEPHO 1719/ CURA HONUPHRII DE SANDA/ TEMPLUM PIORUM AELEMOSINIS ERECTUM.

Dedicated to Saint Joseph, patron saint of the family and carpenters, by will of a group of "master carpenters" who, in the spring of the same year, asked the Bishop for permission to build a church dedicated to their protector Saint Joseph. the sacred building preserves its ancient charm, with a white marble altar that shines in the silence of the ancient church of San Giuseppe di Crotone. There are four side chapels, containing the statues of San Gregorio and San Nicolò di Bari above the marble altars, and the statue of San Giuseppe is located in the central nave. In one of the chapels there is a fresco of San Michele Arcangelo, next to which there is a modern painting depicting the patron saint of Crotone, San Dionigi. While in the Gallucci-Zurlo chapel, there is a particular wooden crucifix, which was carved in the 18th century.

This is what the Archivio Storico di Crotone writes: The four noble chapels belong to four patrician families of Crotone: Ayerbis Aragona della Grotteria, extinct, Lucifero, Galluccio, Sculco. In the Sculco chapel, two marbles with Latin inscriptions are embedded in the wall on the sides.

The history of the Church of San Giuseppe di Crotone: In 1807 the church of San Giuseppe became the seat of the congregation of nobles called Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori or dell’Addolorata. The brothers brought the painting depicting the Addolorata to the new location, placing it above the high altar. Also in these years, the Galluccio family built a new chapel with an altar dedicated to San Francesco di Paola.

Around the end of the nineteenth century, the Soda family built a small altar in the Gallucci chapel, where the beautiful wooden Crucifix was placed, now kept in the church of the Immaculate. Along the walls of the central nave, there are some eighteenth-century paintings, respectively on the right one there is "The Adoration of the Magi" and on the left one the "Circumcision". The walls of the presbytery are also adorned with eighteenth-century paintings depicting "The Adoration of the Shepherds" and "The Presentation of Mary at the Temple".

Leaving the church, the façade has a slightly raised pediment and decorations underneath, the sandstone portal is framed by finely decorated pilasters and capitals surmounted by a projecting architrave. A large window with a stucco frame completes the front. On the sides, two of the four "broken" chapels are visible, characterized by covered domes and decorated with four concentric circles of tiles. On the long left side, on the back, the cylindrical bell tower is barely visible.
(Taken from the CiaoCrotone website)"

Ing. Piero Petrisano Promotore Finanziario

"Small church in the historic center of Crotone not always open to the public, but only in conjunction with religious services.
The current building is the result of the reconstruction in 1719 of a pre-existing structure, carried out by the deacon Onofrio De Sanda, belonging to an old family of master carpenters, a group of carpenters of the city, and thanks to the alms of the faithful. The church is dedicated to San Giuseppe, protector of carpenters.
It then hosted the Confraternity of Maria Addolorata and was consecrated in 1756 by Domenico Morelli.
The entrance portal in sculpted tuff is valuable."

Giuseppe Celsi