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| The chief employer is Oasi Maria Santissima, a medical research foundation... | ||
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| ...with large facilities in the historic centre... | ||
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| ...and in the valley below. | ||
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| Dating from 1067, Sa.Maria Assunta was the ealiest Norman cathedral in Sicily. | ||
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| It's massive bronze doors, installed in 2011 ... | ||
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| ... show the Energy of Creation in the top right... | ||
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| ...the dedicatee rising to the heavens... | ||
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| ... to the left pilgrimages honouring S.Silvestro, to the right Norman Count Roger's entrance into Troina 1061 and centrally 4 events in S.Silestro's life... | ||
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| ..the halting of the Plague in 1575 when the saint's statue was carried along the streets of the town; carrying a poor man to cure him at the monastery; cleaning a hot oven without being burnt; curing the sick son of King William. | ||
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| C16th cross originally in the monastery of S.Michele Vecchio. | ||
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| Inner doors painted with Trompe D'Oeul of Ss. Peter & Paul. | ||
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| * Beside the tower is the church of S.Giorgio... | ||
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| ...which dates from the C14th... | ||
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| ... while the decoration is C18th. | ||
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| The intricate C18th silver Fercolo of S.Silvestro, carried during religious processions, has depictions of significant scenes of his life (1110-1164). Crests relate to the local families who donated to its creation. | ||
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| The Fercolo of S.Giuseppe with the image of the saint is carried in procession on his Saint's Day. | ||
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| A crypt formed from a Roman cistern has recently been located. | ||
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| Images and finds from the excavation of the crypt. | ||
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| Almost hidden under the Norman Tower... | ||
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| ... is the church or Oratorio SS.Sacramento. | ||
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| Once the chapel of Count Roger and his family, it became the chapel for the Confraternita dei Bianchi in the C16th. | ||
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| Simulacrum of Christ from the Cross. | ||
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| Mediaeval Holy Water stoop reused. | ||
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