Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei C…
Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei C…
Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei C…
Messina - Sacrario di Cristo Re
Mileto - Duomo Maria SS. Assunta e S. Nicola
Mileto - Duomo Maria SS. Assunta e S. Nicola
Mileto - Santuario S. Maria della Cattolica
Mileto - Parco Archeologico
Tropea
Tropea
Tropea - Chiesa di Michelizia
Tropea - Concattedrale di Maria Santissima di Roma…
Tropea - Concattedrale di Maria Santissima di Roma…
Tropea - Concattedrale di Maria Santissima di Roma…
Tropea - Concattedrale di Maria Santissima di Roma…
Tropea - Santa Maria dell’Isola
Tropea - Santa Maria dell’Isola
Tropea - Santa Maria dell’Isola / Stromboli
Cosenza - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Cosenza - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Cosenza - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Cosenza - San Domenico
Cosenza - Calze Ingrosso
Paola
Diamante - Street Art
Diamante - Street Art
Diamante - Street Art
Diamante - Street Art
Diamante - Street Art
Diamante - Enjoy Box
Diamante - CBD Shop
Maratea - Chiesa dell'Annunziata
Maratea
Rivello
Rivello - Santa Maria del Poggio
Paestum - Hera II
Paestum - Hera Temples
Paestum - Hera I
Paestum - Temple of Athena
Paestum - Hera Temples
Paestum - Museo Archeologico
Paestum - Museo Archeologico
Paestum - Museo Archeologico
Paestum - Chiesa dell'Annunziata
Paestum - Chiesa dell'Annunziata
Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Cattedrale di Salerno
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Salerno - Museo Diocesano San Matteo
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Itala
Taormina - Isola Bella
Taormina - Etna
Taormina - Museo della Pasta
Taormina - Di Blasi
Taormina - San Giuseppe
Taormina
Taormina - Odeon
Taormina - Santa Caterina d’Alessandria
Castiglione di Sicilia - Cuba di Santa Domenica
Castiglione di Sicilia
Mount Etna
Catania - Duomo di Catania
Catania - Duomo di Catania
Catania - Duomo di Catania
Catania - Chiosco
Sicily
Aidone - Sant Antonio Abate
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Sicilia
Piazza Armerina - Commenda dei Cavalieri di Malta
Piazza Armerina - Commenda dei Cavalieri di Malta
Piazza Armerina - Cattalano & Ferrante
Piazza Armerina - Cattedrale di Piazza Armerina
Enna
Enna - Etna
Enna - Maria Santissima della Visitazione
Enna - Maria Santissima della Visitazione
Enna - Maria Santissima della Visitazione
Enna - San Giuseppe
Caltanissetta - Lugaro
Caltanissetta - San Sebastiano
Marsala - Duomo di Marsala
Marsala - Chiesa del Purgatorio
Palermo - Santo Spirito
Palermo - Santo Spirito
Palermo - Santo Spirito
Palermo - Cimitero di Sant'Orsola
Palermo - La Vucciria
Palermo - Palazzo delle Poste
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
Palermo - Cappella Palatina
Palermo - Chiesa Anglicana della Santa Croce
Palermo - Teatro Massimo
Palermo - Martorana
Monreale - Duomo di Monreale
Monreale - Duomo di Monreale
Monreale - Duomo di Monreale
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Messina - Duomo
Messina, located at the southern entrance of the Strait of Messina, was in the 8th century B.C. founded by Greek colonists. After the First Punic War, it became Roman and after the fall of the Roman Empire, the city was successively ruled by the Goths from 476, then by the Byzantine Empire in 535, by the Arabs in 842, and in 1061 by the Norman brothers Robert Guiscard and Roger Guiscard, later known as Roger I of Sicily. In 1189 Richard I ("The Lionheart") stopped in Messina on his way to the Holy Land and briefly occupied the city after a dispute over the dowry of his sister, who was married to King William II of Sicily (= William the Good). . . Because a tectonic fault zone, the Messina Fault, runs through the Strait of Messina, earthquakes are common here. The city had to be rebuilt again and again. The Second World War brought further destruction to Messina.
The Cathedral was originally erected in the 12th century. The building had to be almost entirely rebuilt in 1919–20, following the devastating 1908 earthquake, and again in 1943, after a fire triggered by Allied bombings. The original Norman structure can be recognized in the apsidal area. The façade has three late Gothic portals, the central of which probably dates back to the early 15th century.
I have already uploaded a lot of photos previously taken in Sicily. Now I will add only a few. If you want to see more, follow this link:
www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300
The Cathedral was originally erected in the 12th century. The building had to be almost entirely rebuilt in 1919–20, following the devastating 1908 earthquake, and again in 1943, after a fire triggered by Allied bombings. The original Norman structure can be recognized in the apsidal area. The façade has three late Gothic portals, the central of which probably dates back to the early 15th century.
I have already uploaded a lot of photos previously taken in Sicily. Now I will add only a few. If you want to see more, follow this link:
www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300
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