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The fall of Constantinople in the hands of the Turks in 1453 had raised great fear in Europe and introduced to the great kings in panic taoċċidnet. Now the enemy is no longer aerospace medical service the other side of the sea, but it was next door. Turkish threat impressed the European fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Italian historian Carlo Cipolla (1922-2000) states that in France between 1460 and 1609 had more books written about the Turkish Empire to the discovery of America, that place in 1492. [1] The danger was more in those places apart from the mainland, islands or shores were little protected against a crash by the enemy.
The kotna jirrakkuntawlna history not once and two Turks were coming down in some coastal and carry everyone to find, men women and children. This was both in our country and in other pajjiżo aerospace medical service including Sicily. One m, Hudghton largest of these attacks was on the island of Augusta near Siracusa in Sicily. It was 16 July 1551. The Turkish fell there, dragged him with all those who have found, that Article that were plundered and broke the city. Those who managed to release her from the hands of the piratical left once and for all to this island city and went to find refuge in some other city or town. Other attacks occurred in the following years. In 1560, ie five years before the Turks attacked aerospace medical service Malta in Augusta Great Siege farmers jinbnewlha the fortifications to protect from attacks by Muslims.
Historians write that on the night of 24 May, 1594, while the guards were asleep, the Turks again clashed for Augusta. It appears free time Dominic, the patron saint of the city, riding on a horse with a sword in his hand. For this amazing image of the Turks fled back panicked and thus the city was rescued by another aerospace medical service attack that could have left many dead, many slaves and several robberies.
The first church dedicated to St. Dominic in this place was built in the first half of the XII century. Some historians backing that was built when the city was being built by Federico II. They also claim that this was likely the first church in the world iddediakta the holy Guzman. With church was also Dominican convent of friars. aerospace medical service Probably this was the first kunvnet of Dominicans in Sicily, to further advance was made to Dumnikana province, which province even Malta was part of it. We do not know how was the church nor as was the convent, we know only that crashes in the year 1551 both the church and the monastery were destroyed by the Turks. During the 30 years of having built church and the convent, but in 1693, earthquake that had been destroyed rebuilding. This building once again rose within two years. Tamin mention that in that earthquake had also fallen Cathedral of Mdina in Malta. Another earthquake again struck the Church of St. Dominic in 1848 and in 1876 started the construction of a church, that we see today.
The facade of the Church is a neoclassical style, with a large central door. Contains four columns and a large window door. The church contains one bell on the right side. On the other side of the church is the building that until the last century was the kunvnet of Dominican monks. The church in which one central nave, divided into five arcs with columns aerospace medical service that have kapitelli of Corinth style. In the church we find a number of side altars while the altar is having gate balvostri of marble. The apse is formed by columns of the same style. This church we say to xortiha bad. Another earthquake, this time on 13 December 1990 it again made a lot of damage, but again been restored.
My friend, Dominican from Augusta, had been jistedinni to mainly by visiting this island aerospace medical service city. I thought to go to Sicily and make some day week hemmehkk, but when told him my view, who came stedinni to move all week at his family.
I came with a catamaran in the port of Catania, had also tied to the pier lmaħt it for Michele. Inżilt and after the usual greeting Italian irkibna why the car of his nephew We linked our way to Augusta. Was a ten time I was mainly by visiting this island our happened, but I never went to Augusta. About fifty kilometers drive and arrived Augusta.
The city of Augusta today grown and no longer just the island surrounded by walls but outside its boundaries extended. The family aerospace medical service żammitni should stand in the old part, on the main street of Augusta. Until a few years ago the single entrance aerospace medical service to this city was over a bridge in front of what is called the Spanish Gate. Today there is another bridge, long and combines modern Sicilian land with this tiny island. This po