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Messina Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Messina; Basilica Cathedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Messina, Sicily. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Messina , it became in 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela .
In June 1955 Messina was the location of the Messina Conference of Western European foreign ministers which led to the creation of the European Economic Community. [16] The conference was held mainly in Messina's City Hall building , and partly in nearby Taormina. Greek minority of Messina flag
The Crucifixion is the subject of three different paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina; the first one was completed around 1454/1455, the second and the third in 1475. They are housed in the Brukenthal National Museum ( Sibiu , Romania ); the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp ( Antwerp , Belgium ) and in the National ...
The city of Messina and its fortifications changed hands a number of times in the first half of the 18th century during the War of the Quadruple Alliance and the War of the Polish Succession. During the Sicilian revolution of 1848 , rebels managed to capture most of the fortifications, with the exception of the Real Cittadella and Forte del ...
Only extant papal tomb outside of Italy and France; [32] [33] [34] original completed circa 1237, dismantled in the seventeenth century, separating the tomb-chest and effigy; tomb-chest constructed with marble from Kärnten [31] [35] 17 July 1048 – 9 August 1048 Damasus II: Unknown San Lorenzo fuori le Mura: Sarcophagus in the portico [36] [37]
The "Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel", better known as Carmine Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Via Porta Imperiale, Messina, Sicily. It replaces the former church, which was razed by the 1908 Messina earthquake. Located close to the Tribunal, the Carmine Church was rebuilt in 1930 in the eighteenth century Baroque or Rococo style.
The siege of Messina (June–September 1282) was a 13th-century military engagement. Fought during the opening months of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, the engagement began when an Angevin army led by Charles of Anjou laid siege to the city of Messina, which had rebelled against Angevin rule.
Former church of the Annunziata, before being destroyed by earthquake. The church and collage of the Santissima Annunziata dei Teatini was a Baroque structure designed by the Theatine priest and architect Guarino Guarini in the center of Messina, region of Sicily, Italy; the entire buildings were demolished after the 1908 Messina earthquake, and part of the site includes the present church of ...