Daily Prayers with Decomposing Corpses: Death Chairs at Aragonese Castle

The Aragonese Castle is a castle built on top of a rocky islet next to Ischia, a small Italian island on the northern end of the Gulf of Naples. Whilst a stronghold is said to have already been built during Classical times, much of the present structure dates to the Middle Ages. The Aragonese Castle…

May 28, 20240Comments

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POMPEII, Italy. New finds!

Opening long List of surprises of the excavations at Civita Giulia in the Pompei region A Photo: pompeiisites.org As a result of the excavations at Civita Giulia in the Pampei region,new finds added: A parade chariot decorated with silver reliefs, a stable with a sorrel in a blanket, two victims of the eruption whose casts…

March 25, 20230Comments

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Christianity Video

Hermit from Palermo. Isravele

Photo by Raija Kalioinen In 1996 Isravele - the name after which the worker has renamed himself - decides to leave his family and home, in the Zen district in Palermo in order to retire to Mount Gallo, occupying an abandoned military lighthouse. He recovered the old block and turns it into a personal sanctuary:…

June 13, 20180Comments

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The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo. Sicily, Italy

An unmounted albumen print showing the catacombs of the Capuchin monks at Palermo in Sicily. Photographed by Giuseppe Incorpora (1834-1914) of Palermo, whose career as a photographer began in the 1860’s. He was later joined in the business by his sons, Francesco, Giovanni, and Salvatore. The studio is the subject of a…

April 9, 20180Comments

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