Tag: tindari
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Celebrating the Black Madonna of Tindari
Thousands of pilgrims are expected on Monday, September 7 at the Sanctuary of the Black Madonna of Tindari. The town of Patti is even planning to close down one side of State Highway 113 to accommodate all the devotees expected to participate in the multiple masses, the solemn evening procession of the iconic Madonna Nera…
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Immortal Leaves
This column capital from the small archaeological museum at Tindari is a classic example of Greco-Roman Corinthian architectural design. What we learned from our guide Sebastiano was that the ornamental leaves accenting the column’s top are from the Acanthus mollis plant (also known in English as bear’s breeches). Acanthus mollis and its sister-plant Acanthus spinosus…
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Sacred with a Kitsch
Today we visited the Sanctuary of the Black Madonna of Tindari. Here, you can see there is always some kitsch… No matter how sacred, nothing is sacred!
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Celebrating What Once Was and What Now Is
When immigrants from Tindari and Patti, Sicily came to New York at the turn of the 20th century, they brought with them the tradition of celebrating the Black Madonna or “Madonna Bruna.” Although East 13th Street has changed significantly in the last 50 years and Sicilians en masse no longer live in the East Village,…
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Tindari’s Sanctuary of the Black Madonna
September 8 is the feast day in honor of the Black Madonna of Tindari. The spectacular and colorful Sanctuary, “il Santuario della Madonna del Tindari,” pictured, was built in the 20th century to accommodate the flow of pilgrims coming to see the iconic statue of the “Madonna Bruna,” which sports an inscription, “Nigra Sum Sed…
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In Sicily, meeting a goat in unexpected places isn’t so uncommon. #goat #capra #tindari #patti #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #siciliaph #siciliafoto #igerssicilia #instasicilia #sicilytravel #experiencesicily
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Ancient Roman Trinacria in Tindari, Sicily
A Trinacria—this one from the Roman Baths at Tindari; but since we’re in late 2nd – early 3rd century AD (i.e., the Roman era), we’ll call it a Triskeles at Tyndaris. #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #siciliaph #mosaics #trinacria #tindari #tyndaris #roman #mosaic
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The Extraordinary Sanctuary of the Black Madonna at Tindari
The extraordinary Sanctuary of the Black Madonna at Tindari houses the mysterious Byzantine statue brought from the east at an “unknown time” in history. Citizens and pilgrims of Tindari celebrate her feast day on September 8. #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #tindari #blackmadonna #patti #madonnanera #sanctuary
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The Black Madonna of Tindari
Legend is that no one knows from where the statue of the Black Madonna of Tindari originated; However, her sanctuary, perched atop a magnificent seaside promontory, was, since ancient Greek times, the site of a temple dedicated to the Earth goddess Cybele. Scholars believe the cult of the Black Madonna to be the descendants of…