Caccuri

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Caccuri is a commune and town in the province of Crotone in Calabria, Italy. Caccuri is a town rich with history, art, and tradition. Italians choose Caccuri for their holidays because it is quiet and the air is clean.

ights

You must walk through Caccuri's streets, admiring picturesque views from the mountains to the sea and the monuments: Castle Barracco (once in your life everybody must admire the panorama from Mastrigli Tower, VI-XIX centuries), St. Mary of Graces, St. Mary of the Socour, the Chapel of St. Rosary (place of plenary indulgence, from 1679, accorded by the pope Innocence XI), the Arc in Murorotto Street, the ancient Judaic synagogue and Caccuri's Parks: Villa Comunale, Monachelle Park and St. Andrew's Park.

Medieval Castle

It's an imposing baronial built instead of the ancient Byzantine castle in the VI century. It was building more times but the last heaviest repair was done in 1885, when a Neapolitan architect was called, who added the reveal and one cylindrical tower of pure medioval style. In the course of the centuries it had various owners. At the moment it is a private property, but a great part of the monument is in a state of decay. The feudal chapel has a great value thanks to Neapolitan school. In the tower a water tank skillfully is hidden and fed from the old aqueduct.

Church Mother, St. Mary of Graces

A monument with structure of medieval age is the church which was built in the center of the town in XV century and widely adjusted to change completely aspect, in particular inside. It was damaged by the catastrophic earthquakes of 1638 and 1808. The first one provoked, entirely, the landslide of the quarter Pizzetto. The church is composed from three aisles and on the bell tower there is a clock which strikes the half hours. The hour and its strokes are heard in all the town and countries.

t. Mary of the Secour

The monument was built to the periphery of the town in XVI century between the 1515 and the 1520. The church is consecrated to St. Mary of the Secour, but it's called Reform Church too. It's annexed to the convent of Dominicans and then of Franciscans. The church is composed from an aisle and on the right there is a chapel with a wonderful baroque altar, where the statue of San Domenico is. The monument is damaged a lot inside, even if in the last years it has been a little restored thanks to the interest of the superintendence.

Canalaci Fountain

It is in periphery of the country. It was build by Mayor Guglielmo Barracco in 1884, in order to satisfy the people's requirements when the water network did not exist yet. From the point where the water gushes out, there is a portrait representing a woman's face.

t. Rocco sanctuary

The monument has been built to the periphery in the ancient built-up area near the "Small Door", one of the three incomes set in the walls of town-walls of the town. the church is consecrated to San Rocco, a french pilgrim, patron of the town, and in fact it was erected after a plague epidemic that blowed the country. It's a monument without many architectonic pretensions and lacking in decorations and works of art.

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