Today, the band played and marched around the town, then there was a church service followed by a religious procession. The fireworks erupted with explosive bangers and zinging rockets as the mother church emptied and then the band struck up again and escorted the statue of one of the patron saints carried aloft by a…
Tag: Province of Messina
San Marco d’Alunzio
The small but perfectly formed town of San Marco d’Alunzio perches precariously on a high hill above the north coast of Sicily; at its peak is a remnant wall of the old Norman castle; below is a maze of medieval streets and steep alleyways that create a confusing lattice of routes up and down and…