Province Province of Messina | Burials Alfonso II of Naples | |
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Address Piazza Duomo, Messina ME, Italy Similar Fontana di Orione, Church of the Santissim, Santuario della Madonna, Regional museum of Messina, Punta del Faro | ||
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Messina Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Messina; Basilica Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Messina, Sicily. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Messina, it became in 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.
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In June 1947 Pope Pius XII granted it the status of a minor basilica.
The current building is the final result of some twentieth century reconstructions, which took place following the disastrous earthquake that struck Messina in 1908 and the heavy damages happened during the World War II.
Messina cathedral clock
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Messina Cathedral Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA