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Thursday, 27th Second stop of our trip: TAORMINA Some information about the city. Taormina is an ancient Greek town on the east coast of Sicily. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19 th century. It has a very good beach on the Ionian sea. Taormina can be reached via highways from Messina the north and Catania from the south. Actually Taormina has a population of eleven thousand people. The present town of Taormina occupies the ancient site , on a lofty hill witch forms this last projecting point of the mountain ridge that extends along the coast from Cape Pelorus to this point. The site of the old town is about 250m above the sea ,while a very steep and almost isolated rock, crowned by a Saracem castle rises about 150m Higher . But by the far the most remarkable monument remaining at Taormina is the ancient Theatre , which is one of the most celebrated ruins in Sicily , on Account both it is remarkable preservation and his beautiful location. It’s built for the most part of brick and therefore probably of Roman date , though the plan and arrangement are in accordance with those of Greek , rather than roman theatres ; when it’s supposed that the present structure was rebuilt upon the foundations of an older theatre of the Greek period. With a diameter of 109 meters this theatre is the second largest of this kind in Sicily , second only to Syracuse. This theatre is frequently used for operatic and theatrical performances and for concerts. The wall which surrounded the whole cave is preserved , but the original seats have disappeared . The proscenium is preserved too and contribute much to the picturesque effect of the theatre. The others main sights are: Palazzo Corvaja (10 th century). Baroque fountain (1635). Church of San Domenico. Anglican Church of Saint George. Here we are, in front of one of the entrance doors to the city.

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Page 1: Asuggestic!picture!of!the!ChurchThursday,!27th!! Second!stop!of!our!trip:!TAORMINA! Someinformation!about!thecity.! Taorminais!an!ancient!Greek!town!on!the!eastcoastofSicily

 

Thursday,  27th    

Second  stop  of  our  trip:  TAORMINA  

Some  information  about  the  city.  

Taormina  is  an  ancient  Greek  town  on  the  east  coast  of  Sicily.  Taormina  has  been  a  very  popular  tourist  

destination  since  the  19th  century.  It  has  a  very  good  beach  on  the  Ionian  sea.  Taormina  can  be  reached  via  highways  from  Messina  the  north    and  Catania  from  the  south.  Actually  Taormina  has  a  population  of  eleven  thousand  people.    The  present  town  of  Taormina  occupies  the  ancient  site  ,  on  a  lofty  hill  witch  

forms  this  last  projecting  point  of  the  mountain  ridge  that  extends  along  the  coast  from  Cape  Pelorus  to  this  point.  The  site  of  the  old  town  is  about  250m  above  the  sea  ,while  a  very  steep  and  almost  isolated  rock,  crowned  by  a  Saracem  castle  rises  about  150m  Higher  .  But  by  the  far  the  most  remarkable  

monument  remaining  at  Taormina  is  the  ancient  Theatre  ,  which  is  one  of  the  most  celebrated  ruins  in  Sicily  ,  on  Account  both  it  is  remarkable  preservation  and  his  beautiful  location.  It’s  built  for  the  most  part  of  brick  and  therefore  probably  of  Roman  date  ,  though  the  plan  and  arrangement  are  in  accordance  with  

those  of  Greek  ,  rather  than  roman  theatres  ;  when  it’s  supposed  that  the  present  structure  was  rebuilt  upon  the  foundations  of  an  older  theatre  of  the  Greek  period.  With  a  diameter  of  109  meters  this  theatre  is  the  second  largest  of  this  kind  in  Sicily  ,  second  only  to  Syracuse.  This  theatre  is  frequently  used  for  operatic    

and  theatrical  performances  and  for  concerts.  The  wall  which  surrounded  the  whole  cave  is  preserved  ,  but  the  original  seats  have  disappeared  .  The  proscenium  is  preserved  too  and  contribute  much  to  the  picturesque  effect  of  the  theatre.  

The  others  main  sights  are:  -­‐  Palazzo  Corvaja  (10th  century).  -­‐  Baroque  fountain  (1635).  

-­‐  Church  of  San  Domenico.  -­‐  Anglican  Church  of  Saint  George.    

     

 

Here  we  are,  in  front  of  one  of  the  entrance  doors  to  the  city.    

Page 2: Asuggestic!picture!of!the!ChurchThursday,!27th!! Second!stop!of!our!trip:!TAORMINA! Someinformation!about!thecity.! Taorminais!an!ancient!Greek!town!on!the!eastcoastofSicily

 

   

 

       

A  suggestic  picture  of  the  Church  with  the  mountains  above.