A forgotten architecture

Before the Normans came to the conquest of the western Sicily, they spent several years between the two sides of the Straits of Messina. Messina was the first Norman settiementin Sicily, and for years remained the real center of the power of domination over Trimacria , until the recurring and devastating earthquarkes over the centuries( 1693,1783,1908)have zeroed each trak. In the reen valley of Mili san Pietro, in the suburb of Messina, we still have a beutiful example of Norma archtecure , the Basilian Chiurch of St. Maria (XI century). the church is in an obvious state of neglect, this place preserves the original structures of the ancient monastery of monks , but need a restoration , throught the rehabilitation of existsing materials, bringing to light the techniques of the time, and arrangement of space in front.