Chiesa del Carmine di Messina

How can a church be shut?

2000 or so Cunard passengers descended on Messina on a unscheduled stop! So on MayDay some bright spark decided not to let anyone know - shops, museums, art galleries and this lovely church was shut.....

Shame it was closed

We headed up the hill to take a look from the port. Looks so shiny in the distance. What a shame it was closed though, would have loved to have gone inside.

Beautiful and attractive

This is a beautiful church and it attracts you from afar with it's silvery domes. It was rebuilt after the earthquake.

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Original Text

Reconstructed in 1930, replaced the previous church that was destroyed by the 1908 earthquake.

Beautiful church decoration

Original Text

The church is well located and due to its magnificent sizes it is visible from different parts of the city just from the streets, not necessarily to climb the hill or the bell to see it. Inside is quite ...