1) Strong Horses

One of the beautifulr and interesting places to visit to Larderia.

The fort is constructed in an enviable position in how much enjoys one seen on the city of Messina and the strait exceptional omonimo. It is found to South of Messina, to approximately 3 Km from the country of Larderia. E' one of the 24 Strong Umbertini constructed to horse of 1800 in order to defend the southern part of the peloritana coast. From its position it is possible to have a control total of the income in the strait from south. Its plant is that classic trapezial one, with the ditch very conserved, the caponiera mails on the right and the income centers them to bridge levatoio. To its inside the battery Gallo/Cavalli Mount is one of the little to having 8 pits for howitzers more two lateral semicircular platforms for the guns. In the Public square of Crews of the Fort it has been placed the greatest Italian gun of II the World war (16 tons for 10 meters of length), donated from the Defense Ministry and declared Monument to the Fallen of All the Wars.

2) the Church of S.Giovanni Batiste

To its inside works of art of high level. It frescoes and painted they adorn the walls of the structure.

Constructed in the eighteenth century, it is a basilican building to plant, with three navate to leave again from two series of columns in stone. It was damaged is from the earthquake of 1783, than from that one of 1908 and restructured both the times. The remarkable church conserve art works, between which: it frescoes of Letterio Champion (1691-1743), that they represent in the apse the Saintest Trinità, History of Old Testament and Episodes of infancy of Jesus; altar of the Madonna di Dinnammare, with the burlap of Michele Panebianco (1806-1873); Madonna in throne with the Child of Girolamo Alibrandi (1470-1524); Madonna of the Itria, author ignoto, perhaps of the XVII; two cenotafi of the Principles of Moncada. In days 3, 4 and 5 August carry out the festeggiamenti in honor of the Female saint of the country. Moving and rich of only feelings the income between the navate ones of the church in the evening of day 5 of the picture of the Madonna di Dinnammare. To see!!!

3) Moncada Palace and the Garden

Today by now distructed conserve still of the architectonic beauties that go back to according to '600 period.

All round al majestic palace the Garden, sign of honor and distinction to that time, in which it was said was a sink where Francisco Moncada throwed its enemies allo extreme delle forces for dargli the last sign della power of this family that between the ' 600 and the 800 constructed to important parts della history of Sicily and great part del meridione of Italy.

4) Dinnammare

The Dinnammare mount, high 1130 meters, called also Dinnamare, dominate the two seas: the Jonio and the Tyrrhenian one. Scoscese valleys and deep ravines from every leave encircle it. Its top is full of rocks, barren and brulla and it does not produce that eriche and ferns, while the laughing fruitful hills that, rising themselves from the sea, abound of uliveti, vineyards and trees. From the top of the mount, watching towards east, the magnificent show of the Appennino Calabro, seeded of villages and separated from waters of the Strait, that they bathe, from a part, the charming coasts of Reggio and Scilla and, from the other, the pleasant ones spiagge of Messina. From the West it can be admired the cape of Milazzo, Tindari and, more in here, in means to the waves, the Aeolian Islands. An incredible panorama to believe itself also to see it, and is impossible to tell it. It is necessary to see with the own eyes in order to become account of what is being spoken. On the top of Dinnamare, in the remotest times, a tower rose, from which the lookouts spianvano the movements of the enemy who came from the sea. Dov' was the ancient tower, later in was Christian, the Messinesi placed better lookout for one and the other sea: the SS. Vergine, to which they erected a chiesetta that it is goal of constant pilgrimage. The Sanctuary, restructured of recent, offers to who the visit that inreale atmosphere that is only of this place in fact tells that many Thanks the Madonna granted to who lassù salted to pray why in this place it is prayed with Faith. To our times, in the festivity of Dinnamare (3, 4 and 5 August) is transported processionalmente, in the first 3 hours of the mattino of August, from Larderia to the mount, the beautiful picture of Michele Panebianco (conserved for all the year on the beautifulst altar of the Church of S.Giovanni di Larderia), good messinese painter of the 1800's. The painter represents the scene of the transport of the picture on the back of the dolphins. The Madonna is assisa in throne, with the Child supported over the skillful arm the face of the Madonna is sweet much, and inspires devozione. The Child is leggiadro. Null he lacks to the picture for being able to dirsi beautiful. 3 August, before that the sun rises, the picture already is placed on the altar of the Sanctuary mounts and you it remains until to the morning of the following day. In the afternoon and during the night, from all the viottoli that put to the Sanctuary, hordes of pilgrims with cereei in hand and, often barefoot, for ballot.

5) Abbey of Mili

Easy driver from Larderia a beautiful of the ancient architecture.

The church together to the adjacent constructed fù convent in the last few decades of XI the century. It was economic and political center not only religious but also of the valley of Mili and all the surrounding territory. It was subject to periodic visits of King and visitors regi that of it they guaranteed the honor in the time. The convent and the church, today, are in bad conditions and more fruibili inner but still cannot be noticed external architectonic beauties. The structure of the church is much simple one, to only navata and with three apses; To admire the three cupolas of the absidale zone, in all similar to those of the North African mosques and, from the inside, the game of it arches overlapped of ancestry muslim that supports the cupola centers them, greater, and the two minors to sides. The outside is typical of the architecture normanna with the system of arches interlaces to you present in many monuments sicialian. Beautiful also the ortale of marble and limestone stone of the simple facade. Some important studies have carried to the light rests that they would confirm the presence of a cenobio bizantino previous to that one normanno and also a large one knows it of the flat earth used after millstone. A capolavoro ancient to see!!!!