Search
Menu
Home
Sources
About
Contacts
Casalvecchio Siculo
Casalvecchio Siculo
is a
comune
in the
Metropolitan City of Messina
in the
Italian region
Sicily
, located about
east
of
Palermo
and about southwest of
Messina
.
Main sights
Church of
Santi Pietro e Paolo d’Agrò
, one of the most important
structures
in the
Agrò
river valley
and in the
Metropolitan City
of Messina. The current structure was built by
Roger II of Sicily
in
1117
and remade in 1172. It is characterized by a mix of
Byzantine
,
Arab
and
Norman
styles
. The exterior
appearance
resembles that of a
fortress
, with
two towers
flanking the facade. The interior has a nave and two
aisles
.
Mother
church
, also
dating
1117 but
totally
rebuilt in the
17th century
.