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messina: port with madonnina statue
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messina: port, with a few men fishing and relaxing
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messina: santa maria annunziata dei catalani (XII-XIII century) and one of the many palms
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messina: chiesa dei catalani (combination of byzantine, romanesque, arab and norman styles) with moped
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messina: duomo with colourfully painted wooden ceiling
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messina: fontana di orione, built in 1547 to celebrate the construction of an aqueduct
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messina: duomo tower with moving gold-coloured items
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messina: duomo tower with astronomical clock on the right-hand side, and entrance of the basilica (built in 1150 and rebuilt after the 1908 earthquake)
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messina: rabbit in the ruins of the monte de pieta
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messina: sacrario cristo re, in neo-baroque style
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messina: view from sacrario cristo re on the port of messina and calabria - with only very little rain in messina in the evening
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messina: view on santuario di montalto from the other hillside
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messina: chiesa s maria degli alemanni (built by germans in XIII century, refuge of cervantes), after the evening concert by emy sparado and grazia maria spuria
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messina: one of the roads to sacrario christo re, and, like in most streets, with (still) green trees
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messina: madonnina of the port, in close-up
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messina: fontana di nettuno, with scylla and charibdis at his feet
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messina: porta grazia (XVII century) with recent graffiti
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messina: another church
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catania: piazza stesicoro from the hotel room
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catania: the elephant
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catania: duomo
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catania: piazza duomo
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catania: fresh foods market - fishmonger at the parting of the market
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catania: fresh foods market - fishmonger with his Mantis-Shrimp
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catania: fresh foods market - twitching Mantis-Shrimp (canocchie, and you can make these kind of dishes with them [with thanks to Enrico])
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catania: fresh foods market - fishmonger at the parting of the market
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catania: fresh foods market - proud butcher with his calf cut in two
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catania: castello ursino with the city museum inside
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catania: anfiteatro romano (the dark part in the front) and chiesa san biagio
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etna: covered with snow, inbetween the clouds, and from the plane