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Graziano Accinni LAUDA A SAN CANIO Cattedrale di Acerenza(Potenza)

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SAN CANIO(Cattedrale di ACERENZA)

Signuri vogli cantà allegrament ma cu l’aiuti lu Nostri Signur
Mo n’inghineimi o Sant Sacrament e cu l’aiuti di San Caniuna
E Maria Matalen nostra avvucata mo si ni penta di la sui ragioni
E prutittrici di chiesi e di cittàti e prima di vini’ San Caniuna
E mo di lu po ngi da n’avvertimend cumma na cumbilei ri stà pirsona
N’Ave na Patri Figli e Spirit Sand lu nom di chist tre princip cand
La chiesi di San Canii prima pianta uni so situati li piramend si dai a la Città di Ruma Sand
Nun la truvà acchissi grann la mend
E so li cavi’ di chedda Porta Sand la ngi putess entrà cundreitamend
Mo m’anginocchi e mi veni’ lu chiand guard l’altar e vi’ lu Sacramend
E chedd cingh Marie ca staini avand cummi ngi staini adduluratamend
Mo auz l’occhia a cudd quadri Sand vidi la mort Crist Onniputend
E po’ guard nald nat ppuc avand addov si vidi n’aut appartamend
La cina priparat tutta quand li dodci Apostr ngi’ staini prisend
Po ailz l’occhi e vid cudd Gran Sand stai alla sedia e cu gran cumplimend

Si ringrazia il Sig.ROCCO DI BONO e TIZIANO CILLIS(ACERENZA) POTENZA

Servizio La Nuova TG Il Lupo e la Cometa - Acerenza 5-08-2012

La figlia segreta di Dracula non è sepolta nella Cattedrale di Acerenza. Ne è convinto il direttore della Galleria Civica, Aniello Ertico, che ha promosso uno studio per smentire il racconto presentato qualche mese fa dalla trasmissione di Italia 1, Mistero. Tutti i particolari nel prossimo servizio.

Uno studio contro la disinformazione sulla cattedrale di Acerenza. L'iniziativa è del direttore della Galleria Civica, Aniello Ertico, che ha promosso una serie di approfondimenti sulla figura di Maria Balsa per smentire la tesi sostenuta qualche mese fa dalla trasmissione di Italia 1, Mistero attraverso un reportage girato proprio all'interno della cattedrale. Secondo il racconto nel XV secolo il re Ferdinando accolse presso la sua corte una bambina di origini nobili e di provenienza slava, Maria Balsa appunto, che diede poi in sposa al nipote Giacomo, signore di Acerenza. Per la troupe di Italia 1 quella bambina, i cui resti sarebbero sepolti proprio nella cattedrale, era figlia del conte di Vlad, meglio conosciuto come Dracula. Una tesi seccamente smentita dallo studio presentato ieri ad Acerenza nel corso di una conferenza stampa.

Places to see in ( Matera - Italy ) Cattedrale di Matera

Places to see in ( Matera - Italy ) Cattedrale di Matera

Matera Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Matera, Basilicata, Italy. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the designation of the Madonna della Bruna and to Saint Eustace. Formerly the seat of the Bishops, later Archbishops, of Matera, it is now the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina.

The cathedral was built in Apulian Romanesque style in the 13th century on the ridge that forms the highest point of the city of Matera and divides the two Sassi, on the site of the ancient Church of Saint Eustace, protector of the city. Construction began in 1203, the year in which Pope Innocent III raised Matera to the rank of an archdiocese in union with Acerenza as the Archdiocese of Acerenza and Matera, and was completed in 1270.

The original dedication was to Santa Maria di Matera, as recorded in a contemporary notarial document. Then, on the evidence of a will of 1318, it was entitled Santa Maria dell'Episcopio, and from 1389, the year in which Pope Urban VI (already Archbishop of Matera), instituted the feast of the Visitation, it was dedicated to Santa Maria della Bruna, also a protector of the city. Finally, from 1627 Monsignor Fabrizio Antinori, archbishop of Matera, dedicated the cathedral to the Madonna della Bruna and to Saint Eustace.

The west front is dominated by the rose window of sixteen rays and by the campanile on the left side, 52 metres high. The cathedral has a Latin cross ground plan and contains three naves. The interior houses a Byzantine-style fresco depicting the Madonna della Bruna and Child; the relics of Saint John of Matera (translated here in 1830); carved wooden choir stalls in the apse; a sculptural group of a Pesebre (1534, Nativity scene), sculpted by Altobello Persio; the Chapel of the Annunciation erected in Renaissance-style period by Giulio Persio; and a 14th-century fresco depicting the Last Judgment, which re-emerged during recent restoration work.

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(ENGLISH) Montescaglioso - Around the year one thousand...

a small part of the hilltop area that is now Montescaglioso was occupied by Greek and italian settlements. Outside the town walls the Benedictines had built the first nucleus of St. Michael's Abbey. With the arrival of the Normans in the second half of the XI century the town had enlarged and with the construction of new town walls, the Benedectine Monastery became a part of the fortressedtown.

537 As local legend have it, in this year Saint Placido, on his way to Sicily, stopped in Montescaglioso whit a group of Basilian monks who left their order to adopt the Benedictine teachings.
Even though this legend has not been documented it is possible that, before the Benedictines, a group of Greek monks lived in Montescaglioso.
889 The first new of a benedictine settlement. The monks of St. Vincent's longobardo Monastery in Volturno (near Capua) possess St. Lorenzo di Murro's Church near the Bradano River.
1003 The Saracens besiege Conza, Castellito and Montescaglioso, desrtoying everything in their path.
If, during this period, the Monastery was already in existence, it did not escape the Arabian attack.
1065 The first record concerning the Abbey: The Bishop of Matera attests to the monks' possession of St. Mary in Plateas' Church in Montescaglioso.
1078 Umfreda, the Norman Earl of the town, grants the Monastery the hamlet St. Mary of the Corno in Pisticci.
In this year Abbot Simeon is elected to the Monastery's government and he begins the construction of a large new St. Michael's Church.
1082 The Normans present Abbot Simeon with four churches in the towns of Stigliano and Gorgoglione.
1099 Abbot Crescenzio succeeds Abbot Simeon and continues the construction of the new Church.
At the end of the year the Norman Earls, along with the Bishops of bordering towns attend the consecration of the Monastery's new Cherch. For this occasion the town's feudal Vassals bestow 18 churches to the monks.
Dating back to this age are the capitals of the two mullion windows (now stolen) in the oriental cloister, attributed to nearby Apulia's skilled workers.
1119 Countess Emma bestows the large hamlet of St. Mary of the Vetrano and the Picoco fief.
1175 Alexander III, with Papal Bull, puts the Monastery under the Holy See protection.
1194 The Bishop of Matera consecrates the new church of St. Mary of the Vetrano belonging to the Monastery and located within the territory of Montescaglioso.
Some stone findings testify the artistry, in this church, of the greatest Lucan artist of the period, namely, Magister Salorus, painter/sculptor of the St. Maria of Pierno and of the portals in the Rapolla and Acerenza Cathedrals. It is probable that this sculptor, Magister Salorus, also worked on the Monastery's Churchin Montescaglioso but subsequent reconstructions have erased any possible trace of his workmanship.
1323 The monks sell the Torre a Mare fief in Metaponto and use the proceeds to restore St. michael's Church.
The capitals in the church atrium and the construction of the belfry date back to this period.
1375 The last permanent abbot of the Monastery dies. From this date on, all the Abbots are appointed by the Holy See.
In the period inclusive of the second half of the XIV century and the first half of the XV century, St. Michael's Abbey falls into a long period of decline. The Abbots appointed by the Holy See concern themselves solely with the exploitation of the Monastery's large acumulation of wealth and property, allowing the building to fall into ruin and leaving the Monastery community leaderless. the situation in the Abbey is so dire that in 1484 the Duke of Andria, Pirro dal Balzo, also acting at the same time as Earl of Montescaglioso and Commandatary abbot of the Monastery, requests and is granted, by Pope Sisto IV, annex of the coenoby to the Benedectine Congregation of St. Giustina. Whit the arrival of new monks the Abbe

Places to see in ( Montalcino - Italy ) Abbazia di Sant'Antimo

Places to see in ( Montalcino - Italy ) Abbazia di Sant'Antimo

The Abbey of Sant'Antimo, Italian: Abbazia di Sant'Antimo, is a former Benedictine monastery in the comune of Montalcino, Tuscany, central Italy. It is approximately 10 km from Montalcino about 9 km from the Via Francigena, the pilgrim route to Rome. The name of the abbey may refer to Saint Anthimus of Rome, whose relics were supposedly moved here during the late 8th century.

After many years of disuse, the abbey was reoccupied in 1992 by a small community of Premonstratensian Canons Regular. Since January 2016, the occupants are a community of monks of the Olivetan Benedictine order. A tributary of the river Orcia, the Starcia, runs near the abbey.

In 1291 Pope Nicholas IV ordered the union of the abbey with the Guglielmites, a reformed branch of the Benedectines, in order to give back strength to the abbey. However, after another period of decay in the 15th century, Pope Pius II annexed St. Antimus to the new diocese of Montalcino-Pienza (1462), whose bishop was Pius' nephew. The abbey decayed to the point that in the 19th century it was used as stable. In the 1870s the Italian state restored it. In 1992 the abbey became again an active monastery with the arrival of a new religious community of Canons Regular of the Order of Premontre.

Of the Carolingian edifice, the apse (called Cappella Carolingia) and the portal, richly decorated with animal and vegetable motifs, are visible. The Carolingian chapel has frescoes by Giovanni d'Asciano with stories of St. Benedict and currently acts as sacristy. Under the chapel is a crypt with a nave and two aisles divided by four columns. The Sala Capitolare (Capitular Hall) is decorated with a triple mullioned window with richly decorated capitals.

Typically French in inspiration is the ambulatory with radial chapels. In Italy this scheme is known only in Santa Trinità of Venosa and the Cathedrals of Acerenza and Aversa, all in southern Italy, and in Santa Maria of Piè di Chianti, Marche. The ambulatory housed the pilgrims to pray the Martyrium, the place where the Saint's relic are placed. The aisles and the ambulatory are groin vaulted, while the nave has trusses. The nave, which is c. 20-m high, is divided into three sections: the huge arcades, the matronaeum and the chiaropiano (upper floor).

Notable is the so-called capital of Daniel in the lions' den, work of the French Master of Cabestany. It shows Daniel praying between the hungry lions, and, on the other sides, the lions devouring the accusers. The outer walls are made of Alabaster, you can shine a light against the walls and see the light translated/reflected back out to the eye.

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IL BORGO DI ALTAMURA (PUGLIA)

Altamura è un comune italiano di 70 353 abitanti della città metropolitana di Bari in Puglia. È l'ottavo comune della regione per popolazione e il tredicesimo d'Italia per estensione. Qui vi è prodotto il pane DOP, tipico nella sua forma. Wikipedia
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Altamura).

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Acireale is a coastal city and comune in the north-east of the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy, at the foot of Mount Etna, on the coast of the Ionian Sea, and with mineral waters. It is a diocese, famous for its churches, including the Neo-Gothic St. Peter's Basilica, St. Sebastian's Basilica in the Sicilian Baroque style, and the 17th century Acireale Cathedral; and there is a seminary, for the training of priests. Acireale is also noted for its paintings: the oldest academy in Sicily, the Accademia dei Dafnici e degli Zelanti, is located here.According to tradition, the city's origins trace back to Xiphonia, a mysterious Greek city now completely disappeared. In Roman times there existed another Greek town, Akis, which took part in the Punic Wars. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, there is a great love between Acis, the spirit of the Acis River, and Galatea the sea-nymph. The Acis River is the small stream Fiume di Jaci, flowing past Acireale (the ancient Akis or Acium).In the Middle Ages, the town expanded around the castle (now part of Aci Castello), being known as Jachium under the Byzantines, as Al-Yāj (الياج) under the Arabs and, later, as Aquilia. In 1169 a huge earthquake scattered much of the population towards the mainland, divided between the numerous boroughs of Aci. Another Aquilia was founded in the late 14th century further north, creating the first nucleus of the modern city. The only remains of the medieval Aquilia Nova (New Aquilia) is the Gothic-Lombard style portal of the cathedral.In the 16th century Emperor Charles V freed the city from any feudal ties, creating it as a Crown commune. In the late 16th century the town had around 6,000/7,000 inhabitants. The most ancient document mentioning the Carnival of Acireale dates to 1594. The town expanded its role as a trade center (it was granted the right to hold a Free Market or Fiera Franca), and received numerous new edifices.Acireale was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1693, which substantially halted its economical growth. During the Expedition of the Thousand (1861) which freed Sicily from the Kingdom of Naples, Acireale was the first town to rebel against the Bourbons. In 1941, it was bombed by the Allies, resulting in many civilian victims.


Acireale è un comune italiano di 53.000 abitanti della provincia di Catania in Sicilia.Di incerta origine, oggi l'impianto urbanistico è quello tipico delle città tardo-medievali della Sicilia. Sorge a metà della costa jonica siciliana a 5 km da Catania. I suoi abitanti si chiamano acesi. È sede della diocesi di Acireale. E' il comune, dopo il capoluogo, con più abitanti nella Provincia di Catania.Il comune è stato costruito in un altopiano su di un terrazzo di origine lavica, chiamato la Timpa che, con i suoi 150 metri di altezza, la pone quasi a strapiombo sul mare Ionio. La costa, dove sorgono diverse borgate, è caratterizzata dalla scogliera di origine lavica. Vi è anche una certa ricchezza di sorgenti d'acqua e di verde e la zona circostante è coltivata, soprattutto ad agrumi. Situato sulla Riviera dei Ciclopi, sul mar Ionio, nella Sicilia orientale, alle pendici meridionali dell'Etna.La popolazione è distribuita per poco più del 60% in paese e la restante parte risiede nelle diverse frazioni, in un territorio molto antropizzato. Le dinamiche demografiche vedono un certo drenaggio di popolazione, dal paese alle frazioni ed anche ai comuni vicini, specie quelli di Aci Catena, Aci Sant'Antonio e Santa Venerina. Molto strette sono le relazioni con Catania, caratterizzate da pendolarismo sia per gli studi universitari che per ragioni di lavoro. Acireale è, dopo la città capoluogo, il comune più popoloso della provincia di Catania e dell'Area metropolitana.

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Al via i lavori per restaurare la Cattedrale

Inizieranno a breve i lavori di restauro della Cattedrale di Pisa. A guidare l'imponente opera, un gruppo multidisciplinare composto da architetti, archeologi degli elevati, storici dell'arte e dell'architettura e petrografi
Finito l'intervento pilota, ora i ponteggi si estenderanno a tutto il Catino Absidale, alle porzioni limitrofe ed alla parte alta del fronte della Navata centrale. Obiettivo: finire il restauro entro la metà del 2014, per il 950° anniversario dalla fondazione della Cattedrale.

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Le campane del campanile di San Donato, Acerno

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Procopius of Caesarea (Greek: Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς Prokópios ho Kaisareús; Latin: Procopius Caesariensis; c. 500 – c. 554) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Palaestina Prima. Accompanying the Byzantine general Belisarius in Emperor Justinian's wars, Procopius became the principal Byzantine historian of the 6th century, writing the History of the Wars, the Buildings, and the Secret History. He is commonly classified as the last major historian of the ancient Western world.

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