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Catania, Italy
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Title
The Norman Castle
Artist
Al Fio Bonina
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Manipulation
Description
A warm and sunny sunset of summer. A walk along the coast of Acicastello from where you can see the Castle and further away the island Lachea and the stacks. You can only hear the sea and the sound of my shots. I waited for the last sun. The rest is done with digital manipulation.
Aci Castello (Sicilian: Jaci Casteḍḍu) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, Italy. The city is located 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Catania on the Mediterranean coast.
The town of Aci Castello developed around the castle, which was built in 1076 by the Normans upon the foundations of a 7th-century Byzantine fortification.[3][4] In 1169, Aci Castello started to expand after an eruption of Mount Etna made the towns in its vicinity uninhabitable. The castle later became the property of the bishops of Catania.
In 1296, Roger of Lauria, admiral of the Aragonese fleet during the War of the Sicilian Vespers, was granted the fief of Aci and its castle as a reward for his faithful service to King Frederick III of Sicily. When relations between the two men soured and di Lauria transferred his loyalties to the Angevins, the castle was besieged and captured by King Frederick and di Lauria stripped of his fiefs. In 1320, the castle and Aci were taken from Roger's descendant, Margaret of Lauria and given to Blasco II de Alagona. Whilst the latter was away defending Palermo from the attacking Angevins, Bertrando di Balzo sacked Aci in his absence.
Main sights
The Norman Castle, built from 1076 to 1081. It now serves as a museum.
The borough Aci Trezza with a beach
Church of St. Joseph (18th century)
Greek Necropolis [5]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aci_Castello
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