The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
William Butler Yeats
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Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Taormina 2019
The Arabian Necropolis
The Necropolis is situatated just outside the town of Taormina.
In a wooded area along the Via Lurgi Pirandello, is a stretch of ancient wall with rows of recesses symmetrically arranged one above the other. These are not Roman ruins, as we might too hastily imagine, but the remains of an old Byzantine cemetery, probably used [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2019
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Science & Nature, Taormina 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
Rumi
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 9th 2019
The church stands next to Palazo Corvaja and dates from the 17th-18th century. The facade, above which is a short bell-tower, is simple and adorned with an 18th-century Baroque door. Above it in a niche, is a sculptured likeness of St Catherine of Alexandria executed in the 18th century by P. Greco. The interior, of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2019
Filed under Holidays, Science & Nature, Taormina 2019
Welcome to My Place
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2019
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Lau Tzu
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Taormina 2019
Naumachie – Taormina
These extensive remains of the Roman period are among the most representative in the whole of Sicily. They consist of a long brick wall dating from the Imperial age, which was restored only in 1943. The Restoration also brought to light part of the original pavement. Although these Roman remains, running parallel to the upper [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 23rd 2019
