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Index: Description The name of the city drift from the sicilian “Garden”, that it means citrus groves, instead “Naxos” refers to the name of the first Greek colony in Sicily on whose territory rose the actual city. Naxos was founded from the Calcidesi in the 735 a.C and had a religious importance that all did not have the other colonies of the island. In fact, the colony had placed plows of Apollo Archegetes, God protected the Greek colonization in Sicily. In the 403 a.C goes with Atene in the war against Siracuse, from which it came destroyed. It was therefore that Naxos diminished of importance until the centuries succeeded, and quite in the Middle Ages its territory was used exclusively after port of Taormina. Finally, after along time, in 1847 it was distaced from common of Taormina catching up the autonomy. Book now your unique experience in Sicily Index The archaeological park The studies carried out through the diggings of the archaeological park put in evidence developing itself of the appropriations in the city of Naxos. The archaic city, than developed between the VI century, brings to light sacred buildings that are found inside of the city woven, which was formed from buildings that simple introduced one structure much,square plant and without colonnato outside. The most complex one turns out to be instead, the architecture of the city that was developed in the course of the V century. The city system in fact, introduces a rigorous geometric division of the space. Saint Maria Registered letter church
It was built up in the first years of the XVIII sec., to work of the archpriest of Taormina don Giuseppe Gullotta. The name of the church, derives from the fact that the fishermen of the rione of Saja used “to recommend themselves” to the Madonna before undertaking the uncertain travels in sea. The church came later on magnified and today the original structure conserve the time to botte, refined a christening font in marble of 1703, one ligneous statue of the going back Madonna to the XIX century, it operates a great example of the Neapolitan school of the Bottigliero, and one beautiful painted table of the 1573 representing Madonna di Porto But with Child and to sides Saint Francisco di Paola and Sant' Agate with the palm of the martyrdom in hand.
Index Natural resources The citizen of Naxos Garden introduces itself like an ancient and modern compound between, the first testified from the village of the fishermen, the second with receptive structures that of it make an important tourist goal. It is found in front of a landscape that offers great emotions. The tourist finds itself to observe the peninsula, and this appears like a lump of lave that they have cooled off not as soon as they have touched the sea, situated between a small torrent and one bay: Schisò head Index Typical Products Garden is one city duffle-coat, and like such therefore, the fish refined kitchen a lot. The paste comes flavored with fish small cuttlefish sword, cozze, black, and the one which in dialect sicilian comes called “ a nunnata”, that is of the still smallest fish. The more valuable fish that comes fished in zone, is the fish sword that is cooked in several ways, between which to the ghiotta, that is lessato in water of sea and flavored with lemon, prezzemolo, raw oil and trite garlic. Index
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- Procession of varette in the quarter of S. Pancrazio and Via 25 Crucis March 2007
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