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Architectural Building Attractions In Sicily

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Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy, in Southern Italy along with surrounding minor islands, officially referred to as Regione Siciliana. Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula, from which it is separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,329 m high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate. The earliest archaeological evidence of human activity on the island dates from as early as 12,000 BC. By around 750 BC, Sicily h...
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Architectural Building Attractions In Sicily

  • 5. Duomo San Giorgio Ragusa
    The Duomo of San Giorgio is a Baroque church located in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily, Italy. Its construction began in 1738 and ended in 1775.
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  • 6. Monastero Santa Lucia Adrano
    Monastero di Santa Lucia is an architectural complex in the city of Adrano, near Catania, Italy. The former monastery currently serves as an elementary school. Attached to it is the high school, Giovanni Verga. An eastward extending piazza faces the garden of the Villa Comunale, which fronts the Church and Monastery of Santa Lucia.The monastery of Santa Lucia was founded in 1157 and was rebuilt in the 15th and 17th centuries. The church adjoining the monastery was erected in 1596 and was rebuilt in the late 18th century. The façade has three orders. Two bell towers rise on the sides with quadrangular domes. Inside, the choir is in the Rococo style, and continues to the first altar. A painting depicting Saint Lucy is attributed to Giuseppe Rapisardi. The apse paintings, the decorations of ...
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  • 9. Duomo di Catania Catania
    The Cathedral of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto or Duomo of Saint Sebastian or Duomo of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, exact full name Minor Basilica of Saint Sebastian, is in Piazza Duomo and the main façade faces in Roma Street. It is the largest of the churches of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy and in the province, second only to the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta Messina. The engineer Barbaro nephew of Monsignor Barbaro directs the work performed by the firm Fratelli Cardillo, collaborated in the construction of the Shrine of Christ the King, a contemporary work of the Cathedral of Saint Sebastian.
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  • 11. Cathedral of Syracuse Syracuse
    The Cathedral of Syracuse , formally the Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima, is an ancient Catholic church in Syracuse, Sicily, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa. Its structure is originally a Greek doric temple, and for this reason it is included in a UNESCO World Heritage Site designated in 2005.The cathedral stands in the city's historic core on Ortygia Island.
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  • 13. Chiesa di Santa Maria del Gesu Alcamo
    The church of Saint Mary of Jesus is a catholic church in Alcamo, in province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy.
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