it is located at piazzetta nilo, at the start of via nilo, in the quarter of the same name, and it is this statue that gives all their name. the church of santa maria assunta dei pignatelli faces the statue, and the palazzo panormita is on the north flank. two blocks east, along via benedetto croce (part of the "decumano inferiore" commonly called via spaccanapoli) rises the church of san domenico.