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Sights of Sicily (93)

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Duomo di Siracusa

(Cathedral of Syracuse)

The statue depicts Saint Lucy, patroness of Siracusa.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy

 

The Latin inscription reads: The memory of the best antithesis of Thomas Marinus, AND of Franciscus's skull. that the first raised the front of the temple to this point, the second completed it. and adorned the college of canons. in the year 1844.

 

Not sure how accurate the translation is...

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