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St. Lucia D'Albona
St. Lucia d'Albona ( it, Santa Lucia, hr, Sveta Lucija) is a small church (on the basis of a big chapel) in the hamlet of Skitaca, Istria County Croatia. The chapel was named after the patron saint of Syracuse Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States *Syracuse, New York **East Syracuse, New York **North Syracuse, New York *Syracuse, Indiana * Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, Miss ..., Sicily, Santa Lucia or Saint Lucy. It became the branch parish in 1632 of the township of Cerovica in the Labinstina peninsula in Istria. This chapel was built in 1616 and became a parish in 1632. In 1924 it was extended on the opposite (west) side of the bell tower. A door was also placed in the west side overlooking the cemetery. The church has three altars; the main one, Santa Lucia, and St Anthony. The holiday of St Lucia is on December 13 and it was a big day for merchants and people who joined in the celebration o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse, Sicily
Syracuse ( ; it, Siracusa ; scn, Sarausa ), ; grc-att, wikt:Συράκουσαι, Συράκουσαι, Syrákousai, ; grc-dor, wikt:Συράκοσαι, Συράκοσαι, Syrā́kosai, ; grc-x-medieval, Συρακοῦσαι, Syrakoûsai, ; el, label=Modern Greek language, Modern Greek, Συρακούσες, Syrakoúses, . is a historic city on the Italy, Italian island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse. The city is notable for its rich Greek and Roman history, Greek culture, culture, amphitheatres, architecture, and as the birthplace of the pre-eminent mathematician and engineer Archimedes. This 2,700-year-old city played a key role in ancient times, when it was one of the major powers of the Mediterranean world. Syracuse is located in the southeast corner of the island of Sicily, next to the Gulf of Syracuse beside the Ionian Sea. It is situated in a drastic rise of land with depths being close to the city offshore although the city itself is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Sicilian , demographics1_info1 = 98% , demographics1_title2 = , demographics1_info2 = , demographics1_title3 = , demographics1_info3 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = CEST , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code_type = ISO 3166 code , area_code = IT-82 , blank_name_sec1 = GDP (nominal) , blank_info_sec1 = €89.2 billion (2018) , blank1_name_sec1 = GDP per capita , blank1_info_sec1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Lucy
Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia ( la, Sancta Lucia) better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox churches. She is one of eight women (including the Virgin Mary) explicitly commemorated by Catholics in the Canon of the Mass. Her traditional feast day, known in Europe as Saint Lucy's Day, is observed by Western Christians on 13 December. Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England. She is one of the best known virgin martyrs, along with Agatha of Sicily, Agnes of Rome, Cecilia of Rome and Catherine of Alexandria. Sources The oldest record of her story comes from the fifth-century ''Acts of the Martyrs''. The single fact upon which various accounts agree is that a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerovica (Istria)
The township hr, Cerovica / it, Cerovizza is bordered on the east by the sea of Quarnero from S.Martino to Brovinje; to the North by the Township Chermenizza; and to the East by the Township hr, Vlakovo, Istria. The head hamlet of the Township of Cerovica was hr, Skitača it, Schitazza which is located approximately 4 km north-east of Brovinje. In the hamlet of Skitača is the chapel of Saint Lucy of Albona which became a parish church for all of the Township of Cerovica. The small chapel was built in 1616 and became a Parish in 1632. The last time it was renovated was in the 1990s. Cerovica as it was during the Venice Republic and the Austria-Hungary occupation. It was one of the 12 subdivisions as Commune or Parish in the District of Albona. History From antique times, / , and / were two Castles and were considered one District. In 1632 the Administrator of Dalmatia and Albania, Antonio Civran, divided the territory of Albona, / hr, Labinština into 12 fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapels In Istria County
Istria County is the westernmost county in Croatia. It borders on the north by the country of Slovenia and on the east on the Quarnero (Kvarner) Bay. On the northeast side it borders with Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Istria has had an interesting history because it was the center of constant conflicts with various countries, empires and kingdoms of Europe. Because of this there were many monuments, building, including chapels built during the long history. List of chapels *St. Lucia d'Albona, (17th century in Skitača) *San Giovanni Battista in Brovinje, San Giovanni Battista, (14th century in Brovinje) *San Giuseppe in Koromacno, 20th century,(Today a Market in Koromačno) *San Martino in Cerovica (Istria) in Cerovica (Istria), Cerovica (Ruins,18th century) *San Matteo under Mt. Babrini.......(Ruins,13 century) *St. Lorenzo in Produbas also called San Lorenzo d'Albona and Sveti Lovrec Labinski in the hamlets Diminići and Kobaici, (17th century). This chapel became a parish dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
