Militello in Val di Catania. Chiesa of the Santissimo Crocifisso al Calvario

Not far from Militello rises Mount Caruso on whose summit, in 1610, a wooden cross was raised, as it was on Golgotha. For this reason, when a church was built in 1617, it was called Calvary. The wooden cross, symbol of this place and survived the earthquake (which here made a hundred victims), is displayed on the porch and used for the Good Friday procession. Inside, the image of the Crucifix is ​​exhibited in the central chapel, with numerous relics.

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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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