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Km 14 from Catania - 586 on sea level. It was dominion at first of the Di Giovanni family and then of the Alliata one. The impressive Mother Church, Gagini work, is an evidence of the Renaissance period. Inside the church we can admire a beautiful painting by Giuseppe Rapisarda from Catania and a wall painting by Pietro Paolo Vasta from Acireale. Other interesting and beautiful churches are Del Bianco Church built in 13th century with a low bell tower and precise decorations and St. Antonio of Padua Church with a cloister in made lava columns. The name of the town comes from "Tres Casti Agni" (Three Innocent Lambs) patron saints of the town: St. Alfio, St Filadelfo and St Cirino, whose feast-day takes place on 10 of May and it is considered the most beautiful in the province. |
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The Sanctuary (left picture), dedicated to them, was built on the place where the three brothers stopped to drink at a spring before arriving at Lentini where they were martyrzed. The Church, Romanesque- Lombard style started in 15th century, inside we can admire a painting by an unknown painter of the 1700 representing The Martyrdom of the SS. Brothers. The “Nudi”, people without shoes, with shorts and a red band on the chest arrive here coming from Catania and other Etnean towns in the night between the 9th and 10th of May and they carry very heavy wax candles sometimes about a hundred kilo as a devotion. |
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