Taormina - Odeon
Taormina
Taormina - San Giuseppe
Taormina - Di Blasi
Taormina - Museo della Pasta
Taormina - Etna
Taormina - Isola Bella
Itala
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Itala - Santi Pietro e Paolo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Duomo
Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei C…
Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei C…
Messina - Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata dei C…
Messina - Sacrario di Cristo Re
Mileto - Duomo Maria SS. Assunta e S. Nicola
Castiglione di Sicilia - Cuba di Santa Domenica
Castiglione di Sicilia - Cuba di Santa Domenica
Castiglione di Sicilia
Mount Etna
Catania - Duomo di Catania
Catania - Duomo di Catania
Catania - Duomo di Catania
Catania - Chiosco
Sicily
Aidone - Sant Antonio Abate
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Aidone - Museo archeologico di Aidone
Sicilia
Piazza Armerina - Commenda dei Cavalieri di Malta
Piazza Armerina - Commenda dei Cavalieri di Malta
Piazza Armerina - Cattalano & Ferrante
Piazza Armerina - Cattedrale di Piazza Armerina
Location
Lat, Lng:
You can copy the above to your favourite mapping app.
Address: unknown
You can copy the above to your favourite mapping app.
Address: unknown
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
57 visits
Taormina - Santa Caterina d’Alessandria


The area was inhabited by the Siculi even before the Greeks arrived on the Sicilian coast in 734 BC to found Naxos. After Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed Naxos in 403 BC a new settlement got established on the nearby Mount Taurus which gradually grew up into the city of "Tauromenium" (= Taormina). It developed into a prospering city in Greek and later Roman times when it was only one of the three cities in Sicily which enjoyed the privileges of a "civitas foederata".
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.
In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.
The Church of Santa Caterina was built in the Baroque style in the first half of the 17th century on the ruins of the Odeon, a small Roman theater.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Taormina continued to rank as one of the important towns, and because of the strength of its position was one of the last places that was retained by the Byzantine emperors. It was finally taken by the Fatimids in 962 after a siege of 30 weeks. In 1078 it was captured by the Norman count Roger I of Sicily.
In the end of the 18th century Northern European travellers started to visit (and write about) Taormina. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited in 1786, Henry Swinburne´s "Travels in the two Sicilies" was published in 1783. In the 19th century Taormina was part of the "Grand Tour" and international nobility and celebrity visited and often settled.
The Church of Santa Caterina was built in the Baroque style in the first half of the 17th century on the ruins of the Odeon, a small Roman theater.
Nouchetdu38, Fred Fouarge, Paolo Tanino have particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2025
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.