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Messina Cathedral (Duomo di Messina, Basilica Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta), Sicily, Italy
Messina Cathedral (Duomo di Messina, Basilica Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Messina, Sicily. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Messina, it became in 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela. In June 1947 Pope Pius XII granted it the status of a minor basilica.
It was built during Norman time and it was consecrated by the Archbishop Berardo in 1197, in the presence of Emperor Henry VI of Swabia and Queen Constance of Hauteville.
The current building is the final result of some twentieth-century reconstructions, which took place following the disastrous earthquake that struck Messina in 1908 and the heavy damages that happened during World War II. The clock tower has the largest astronomical clock in the world.
Opening hours: 7.30am-0.30pm / 4pm-7.00pm all days.
Address: Piazza Duomo, 29, 98122 Messina.
Sources
• www.wikipedia.org
• www.messinarte.it
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