Basilica of Santa Lucia al Sepolcro
The church, built in the Byzantine period (VI century), stands on the place where, according to tradition, Saint Lucia was martyred in 304, rebuilt in the Norman period (XII century) restored in the XIV century and rebuilt after the destruction caused by the earthquake of 1693. The eighteenth-century portico was rebuilt again after a collapse in 1970.
The place is inserted in the in the IWB register of the Sicily Region (The Places of the Sacred) - Sector “Places of the cult of the Saints Worship of S. Lucia "-" The martyrdom of the Saint "
Card insertion: Ignatius Caloggero
Photo: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Ignazio Caloggero, Web
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