When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
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Near to the Necropolis and the Romantic Ruin is a viewing platform over Isola Bella Bay.
Conveniently situated by the viewing platform is Cafe L’Oblio, a cafe with a view.
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This ruin is situated near to the Arabian Necropolis.
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The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
William Butler Yeats
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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 again in the Arab period. *
It is thought to have been created during the 10th and 11th centuries and is defined as a columbary necropolis due to the fact that the cells are symmetrical and situated one on top of the other.
What can be seen today are the remains of a much larger construction which went on towards the north-eastern part of the town centre between the current necropolis site and the lower Church of St. Peter outside the town walls.
*From the guidebook – Taormina The Pearl of the Ionian Sea
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
Rumi
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