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Taormina - Chiesa Madonna della Rocca

The Madonna della Rocca church is located on the mountain overlooking Taormina, a few steps from the Saracen castle. The church of Madonna della Rocca, so called because built on the rock, was founded by Abbot Francesco Raineri with the help of the Archbishop of Messina Geronimo Venero, around 1640. Next to the Sanctuary of S. Maria della Rocca, there was a small monastery (of the orderof the Basilian), now abandoned, in which religious retreated to pray and do penance as a hermit. The origin of the Sanctuary of S. Maria della Rocca is also linked to a legend. It says that a young shepherd boy from the nearby village of Mola was feeding the flock on the mountain, when suddenly a storm forced him to take refuge with the sheep in the nearby cave. While lightning terrorized him and he was about to lose courage, he saw a beautiful lady dressed in blue who comforted him and reassured him that the sun would appeared soon. In fact, the storm ended soon. The parents were worried about the fate of their son, so they ran to go and look on the castle rocks, but they found him cheerfully next to the sheep, who had gathered around him. The boy told him what he had suffered, and what he had seen in the cave.