Her cult spread to other Sicilian cities, and the town of Santa Ninfa in the province of Trapani in Sicily bears her name.Before 1624, Palermo had four patron saints, one for each of the four main districts of the city. These were Saints Agatha of Catania (ca. 225–ca. 251) (maybe ...
Veneto, Italy 19,275 posts 4,176 helpful votes 2.Re: Sicily without churches? Apr 18, 2024, 1:15 AM Hi, I suggest a holiday in the beautiful nature (by the sea if you want) of the Aeolian Islands, "church free"... Maybe along your way you will come across some small churches,...
Examples of church pavements are presented, in which glazed tiles have been used, imported at first from the East (16th-17th c.) and later from the West, especially from Italy and Sicily (18th-19th c.). The pavement of the church of Saints Constantine and Helena in Kitrie...
The Island of Sicily – the heart of the Mediterranean and home to its many people groups Sicily is a frontier mission field: there is considerable need for gospel workers. Italy, in general, is considered “unreached” by most mission’s metrics, and there has never been a true spiritual ...
Slope dynamics acting on Villa del Casale (Piazza Armerina, Sicily) The UNESCO World Heritage site of Villa del Casale (Piazza Armerina, Sicily) is a considerable Roman villa built in the early 4th century A.D. that exhibit... G Delmonaco,C Margottini,G Martini,... - International Sympo...
The eastern part of the Sicilian area (Italy) is characterized by high seismic hazard, and it is rich in historical churches with a great cultural heritage value. In this context, a great challenge is to evaluate their seismic risk and establish which of them are affected mainly by DSSI ...
and in the squinches shaped as consecutive recesses that connect the square plan spans to the hemispherical domes. The latter are covered on the outside with red plaster, constituting one of the most iconic images of the Arab-Norman itinerary in Sicily and of the city of Palermo (Figure 4)...