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Perched high up on Mount Tauro near the Castle, the Church of Madonna della Rocca is a 17th century church built into a rocky cave, where a shepherd is believed to have discovered a Byzantine icon of Madonna and Child..
Perched high up on Mount Tauro near the Castle, the Church of Madonna della Rocca is a 17th century church built into a rocky cave, where a shepherd is believed to have discovered a Byzantine icon of Madonna and Child.
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98039 Taormina, Province of Messina, Italy
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