https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/105/57/EF/323415.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300 Sat, 23 May 2026 21:49:09 +0000 Sat, 23 May 2026 21:49:09 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676692/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-20,doc-51676692 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:47:24 +0000 2022-02-01T09:06:21+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676692/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/66/92/51676692.bf91e2cf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> A fort is known where the Sacrario di Cristo Re is now since the times of Roger I. This fort, named Matagrifone, was where Richard Lionheart stayed, waiting got transport to the Holy Land, and occupied the city.<br /> <br /> The sanctuary of today was built on the remains of the castle, It was designed in 1937 by Giovanni Battista Milani and built in the Baroque style. It guards the remains of numerous fallen soldiers and civilians of the First World War. To commemorate them, the gong chimes from Sacrario's bell tower every time the sun goes down.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Sacrario di Cristo Re <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676692/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/66/92/51676692.bf91e2cf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="156" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> A fort is known where the Sacrario di Cristo Re is now since the times of Roger I. This fort, named Matagrifone, was where Richard Lionheart stayed, waiting got transport to the Holy Land, and occupied the city.<br /> <br /> The sanctuary of today was built on the remains of the castle, It was designed in 1937 by Giovanni Battista Milani and built in the Baroque style. It guards the remains of numerous fallen soldiers and civilians of the First World War. To commemorate them, the gong chimes from Sacrario's bell tower every time the sun goes down.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676480/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-20,doc-51676480 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:11:18 +0000 2022-02-01T17:42:10+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676480/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/80/51676480.0df297bf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="201" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> The church dates from the 12th century when Sicily was under Norman rule. Built on top of the ruins of an older temple dedicated to Neptune, the church is an example of Sicilian Norman architecture with its mix of different cultural elements. The church displays influences from Arab and Byzantine architecture and also contains Roman elements. In the first half of the 14th century under Louis III of Anjou (aka "Louis III of Aragon") the building was declared a royal chapel.<br /> <br /> It is one of the few structures to have survived the catastrophic earthquake in 1908 which destroyed most of Messina. As a result of the earthquake, the church is situated 3 meters below the reconstructed street level.<br /> <br /> Towards the end of the 15th century, with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily under the unified crown of Spain, the church became the seat of the "Brotherhood of Catalan Merchants", from which it took its current name.<br /> <br /> The merchants, nobles, and knights gathered in brotherhood commissioned the construction of a crypt for the burial of the confreres.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676480/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/80/51676480.0df297bf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="201" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> The church dates from the 12th century when Sicily was under Norman rule. Built on top of the ruins of an older temple dedicated to Neptune, the church is an example of Sicilian Norman architecture with its mix of different cultural elements. The church displays influences from Arab and Byzantine architecture and also contains Roman elements. In the first half of the 14th century under Louis III of Anjou (aka "Louis III of Aragon") the building was declared a royal chapel.<br /> <br /> It is one of the few structures to have survived the catastrophic earthquake in 1908 which destroyed most of Messina. As a result of the earthquake, the church is situated 3 meters below the reconstructed street level.<br /> <br /> Towards the end of the 15th century, with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily under the unified crown of Spain, the church became the seat of the "Brotherhood of Catalan Merchants", from which it took its current name.<br /> <br /> The merchants, nobles, and knights gathered in brotherhood commissioned the construction of a crypt for the burial of the confreres.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676474/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-20,doc-51676474 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:05:38 +0000 2022-02-01T17:46:33+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676474/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/74/51676474.f2d245bd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="194" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> The church dates from the 12th century when Sicily was under Norman rule. Built on top of the ruins of an older temple dedicated to Neptune, the church is an example of Sicilian Norman architecture with its mix of different cultural elements. The church displays influences from Arab and Byzantine architecture and also contains Roman elements. In the first half of the 14th century under Louis III of Anjou (aka "Louis III of Aragon") the building was declared a royal chapel.<br /> <br /> It is one of the few structures to have survived the catastrophic earthquake in 1908 which destroyed most of Messina. As a result of the earthquake, the church is situated 3 meters below the reconstructed street level.<br /> <br /> Towards the end of the 15th century, with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily under the unified crown of Spain, the church became the seat of the "Brotherhood of Catalan Merchants", from which it took its current name.<br /> <br /> The merchants, nobles, and knights gathered in brotherhood commissioned the construction of a crypt for the burial of the confreres.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676474/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/74/51676474.f2d245bd.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="194" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> The church dates from the 12th century when Sicily was under Norman rule. Built on top of the ruins of an older temple dedicated to Neptune, the church is an example of Sicilian Norman architecture with its mix of different cultural elements. The church displays influences from Arab and Byzantine architecture and also contains Roman elements. In the first half of the 14th century under Louis III of Anjou (aka "Louis III of Aragon") the building was declared a royal chapel.<br /> <br /> It is one of the few structures to have survived the catastrophic earthquake in 1908 which destroyed most of Messina. As a result of the earthquake, the church is situated 3 meters below the reconstructed street level.<br /> <br /> Towards the end of the 15th century, with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily under the unified crown of Spain, the church became the seat of the "Brotherhood of Catalan Merchants", from which it took its current name.<br /> <br /> The merchants, nobles, and knights gathered in brotherhood commissioned the construction of a crypt for the burial of the confreres.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676286/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-20,doc-51676286 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:44:23 +0000 2022-02-01T17:44:57+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676286/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/86/51676286.3ed932b3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="174" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> The church dates from the 12th century when Sicily was under Norman rule. Built on top of the ruins of an older temple dedicated to Neptune, the church is an example of Sicilian Norman architecture with its mix of different cultural elements. The church displays influences from Arab and Byzantine architecture and also contains Roman elements. In the first half of the 14th century under Louis III of Anjou (aka "Louis III of Aragon") the building was declared a royal chapel.<br /> <br /> It is one of the few structures to have survived the catastrophic earthquake in 1908 which destroyed most of Messina. As a result of the earthquake, the church is situated 3 meters below the reconstructed street level.<br /> <br /> Towards the end of the 15th century, with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily under the unified crown of Spain, the church became the seat of the "Brotherhood of Catalan Merchants", from which it took its current name.<br /> <br /> The merchants, nobles, and knights gathered in brotherhood commissioned the construction of a crypt for the burial of the confreres.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676286/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/86/51676286.3ed932b3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="174" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> The church dates from the 12th century when Sicily was under Norman rule. Built on top of the ruins of an older temple dedicated to Neptune, the church is an example of Sicilian Norman architecture with its mix of different cultural elements. The church displays influences from Arab and Byzantine architecture and also contains Roman elements. In the first half of the 14th century under Louis III of Anjou (aka "Louis III of Aragon") the building was declared a royal chapel.<br /> <br /> It is one of the few structures to have survived the catastrophic earthquake in 1908 which destroyed most of Messina. As a result of the earthquake, the church is situated 3 meters below the reconstructed street level.<br /> <br /> Towards the end of the 15th century, with the unification of the Kingdom of Sicily under the unified crown of Spain, the church became the seat of the "Brotherhood of Catalan Merchants", from which it took its current name.<br /> <br /> The merchants, nobles, and knights gathered in brotherhood commissioned the construction of a crypt for the burial of the confreres.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:Some buildings were erected in the Art Nouveau style after the 1908 earthquake.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676266/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-20,doc-51676266 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:02:44 +0000 2022-02-01T17:51:57+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676266/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/66/51676266.ecadcfce.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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 nave.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Duomo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676266/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/66/51676266.ecadcfce.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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 nave.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676252/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-20,doc-51676252 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 12:46:35 +0000 2022-02-01T13:46:35+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676252/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/52/51676252.8a593b58.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="223" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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, dating back to the early 15th century. Inbetween the partls are friezes. Seen here is the life of farmers.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Duomo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51676252/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/52/51676252.8a593b58.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="223" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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, dating back to the early 15th century. Inbetween the partls are friezes. Seen here is the life of farmers.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675686/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-20,doc-51675686 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:14:24 +0000 2022-02-01T18:04:08+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675686/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/56/86/51675686.992d0af5.240.jpg?r2" width="163" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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, dating back to the early 15th century. Here is one of them.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Duomo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675686/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/56/86/51675686.992d0af5.240.jpg?r2" width="163" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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, dating back to the early 15th century. Here is one of them.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675286/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-19,doc-51675286 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 17:26:07 +0000 2022-02-01T17:50:14+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675286/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/52/86/51675286.9a391565.240.jpg?r2" width="181" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Duomo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675286/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/52/86/51675286.9a391565.240.jpg?r2" width="181" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675196/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-19,doc-51675196 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 15:12:36 +0000 2022-02-01T17:49:51+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675196/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/51/96/51675196.2f023128.240.jpg?r2" width="183" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The campanile of the cathedral holds the astronomical clock of Messina, constructed by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg in 1933. The mechanism was designed by Frédéric Klinghammer, with the artistic design based on plans by Théodore Ungerer. Parts of the design are similar to the Strasbourg astronomical clock.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Duomo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675196/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/51/96/51675196.2f023128.240.jpg?r2" width="183" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The campanile of the cathedral holds the astronomical clock of Messina, constructed by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg in 1933. The mechanism was designed by Frédéric Klinghammer, with the artistic design based on plans by Théodore Ungerer. Parts of the design are similar to the Strasbourg astronomical clock.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675114/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-19,doc-51675114 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:02:44 +0000 2022-02-01T17:49:30+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675114/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/51/14/51675114.0991c534.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="216" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Messina - Duomo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51675114/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/51/14/51675114.0991c534.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="216" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51674606/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-18,doc-51674606 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 23:11:59 +0000 2022-02-01T13:27:37+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51674606/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/46/06/51674606.97143399.240.jpg?r2" width="163" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> The church was restored in 1930 and the dome was reconstructed - but it was unfortunately locked. The younger buildings connected to the church are completely in ruins.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51674606/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/46/06/51674606.97143399.240.jpg?r2" width="163" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> The church was restored in 1930 and the dome was reconstructed - but it was unfortunately locked. The younger buildings connected to the church are completely in ruins.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51674586/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-18,doc-51674586 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 22:35:04 +0000 2022-02-01T13:26:09+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51674586/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/45/86/51674586.960787f2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> The church was restored in 1930 and the dome was reconstructed - but it was unfortunately locked. The younger buildings connected to the church are completely in ruins.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51674586/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/45/86/51674586.960787f2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> The church was restored in 1930 and the dome was reconstructed - but it was unfortunately locked. The younger buildings connected to the church are completely in ruins.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673322/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51673322 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:53:44 +0000 2022-02-01T13:24:31+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673322/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/22/51673322.c1ab0490.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> <br /> The building was restored in 1930 and the dome was reconstructed - but unfortunately locked.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673322/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/22/51673322.c1ab0490.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="191" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> <br /> The building was restored in 1930 and the dome was reconstructed - but unfortunately locked.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673306/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51673306 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:36:55 +0000 2022-02-01T13:23:47+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673306/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/06/51673306.53d6f010.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="194" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673306/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/33/06/51673306.53d6f010.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="194" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. After much searching and driving through narrow, labyrinthine paths, we finally found the Arab-Norman Church of Saints Peter and Paul.<br /> <br /> The church was built in 1093 by order of Roger I after a victory over the Arabs and assigned to the Basilian order. After two centuries of Arab rule, the traditional layout of the basilica reappears here. Basilian monks are Roman Catholic monks who follow the rule of Basil the Great like all monks in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So this was a Greek monastery church.<br /> <br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673238/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51673238 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:53:50 +0000 2022-02-01T13:50:45+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673238/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/38/51673238.25564d1a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. There are two churches seen from this point of view. On the left is the Chiesa Sant'Antonio, and on the right is the Chiesa di S. Pietro. But we were looking for another one that was hard to find.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Itala <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673238/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/38/51673238.25564d1a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Itala, is a small town hidden in the mountains just 23 km southwest of Messina. There are two churches seen from this point of view. On the left is the Chiesa Sant'Antonio, and on the right is the Chiesa di S. Pietro. But we were looking for another one that was hard to find.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673210/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51673210 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:23:46 +0000 2022-02-01T11:51:52+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673210/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/10/51673210.32943604.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> Isola Bella is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea. Since 1990 it is a nature reserve, administrated by the Italian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature. There is a narrow path that often connects the island to the mainland beach. The island is surrounded by sea grottos and has a small and rather rocky beach.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Taormina - Isola Bella <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673210/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/10/51673210.32943604.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> Isola Bella is located within a small bay on the Ionian Sea. Since 1990 it is a nature reserve, administrated by the Italian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature. There is a narrow path that often connects the island to the mainland beach. The island is surrounded by sea grottos and has a small and rather rocky beach.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673204/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51673204 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:03:57 +0000 2022-02-01T11:42:25+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673204/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/04/51673204.4df1be44.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> Mount Etna, seen from Taormina<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Taormina - Etna <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51673204/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/32/04/51673204.4df1be44.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> Mount Etna, seen from Taormina<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672958/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51672958 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:42:28 +0000 2022-02-01T18:05:45+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672958/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/58/51672958.ebcaec1f.240.jpg?r2" width="179" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> You can still see from the outside that the restaurant "Museo della Pasta" is housed in a former church.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Taormina - Museo della Pasta <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672958/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/58/51672958.ebcaec1f.240.jpg?r2" width="179" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> You can still see from the outside that the restaurant "Museo della Pasta" is housed in a former church.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672812/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51672812 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:51:29 +0000 2022-02-01T18:02:26+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672812/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/28/12/51672812.984e930c.240.jpg?r2" width="178" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> In Sicily, extraordinary and often colorful ceramics are made. The pieces are offered in Taormina by Di Blasi.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Taormina - Di Blasi <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672812/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/28/12/51672812.984e930c.240.jpg?r2" width="178" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> In Sicily, extraordinary and often colorful ceramics are made. The pieces are offered in Taormina by Di Blasi.<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672802/in/album/1238300 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-17,doc-51672802 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:33:36 +0000 2022-02-01T17:46:37+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672802/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/28/02/51672802.71befec3.240.jpg?r2" width="172" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> The church of San Giuseppe is located near the Porta dell'Orologio, in the historical center of Taormina.The church was built between the 17th and 18th centuries as the seat of the "Anime del Purgatorio" (= Brotherhood of the Souls in Purgatory).<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Taormina - San Giuseppe <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51672802/in/album/1238300"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/28/02/51672802.71befec3.240.jpg?r2" width="172" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.<br /> <br /> In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, and Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.<br /> The church of San Giuseppe is located near the Porta dell'Orologio, in the historical center of Taormina.The church was built between the 17th and 18th centuries as the seat of the "Anime del Purgatorio" (= Brotherhood of the Souls in Purgatory).<br /> <br /> 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:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1238300</a></div> Martin M. Miles