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Milestones: Great Mirci Messina

L'amicizia con il formidabile archeologo messinese Alessio Toscano Raffa ci consente di accrescere di un nuovo tono e di una nuova voce questo blog, dedicato a Messina e a Capo Peloro, all'archeologia, alla storia, alla natura e alle leggende di questo territorio.
Alessio Toscano Raffa, redattore di AurAntica ed esperto conoscitore "tecnico" delle antichità messinesi, collabora con il Free Press "Ufficio Spettacoli", per il quale gestisce la rubrica "Pietre Miliari".
Per concessione sua e di Ufficio Spettacoli riportiamo per intero questi contributi anche su "Pheraimon".

Molti ritengono that the so-called "Privilege of Arcadia" is a hoax, invented in 1459, during the controversy between Messina and Palermo, Sicily's capital to establish. Fact or legend that is still the story is a page of the city's history. Tell you about.
In 407 AD the Bulgarians, led by the Arcadians and Assaride Catillo of the Eastern Roman Empire went to war, laying siege to the city of Thessaloniki. The Emperor Arcadius departed from Constantinople to help the city, where he was soon forced to take refuge within the walls. From there, calls for help to the imperial cities, but the grandson Costanzo, temporarily to the government of Constantinople, betrayed him, and Honorius, the Roman throne of the West, era impegnato a respingere le invasioni dei Visigoti e degli Ostrogoti.
Lo stratigò di Messina, Metrodoro, convocato il Consiglio cittadino, offrì quattro navi armate a sue spese. Aristide, un cavaliere messinese, ne offrì due; la cittadinanza messinese tutta deliberò di armarne altre sette, a proprie spese.

Giunta a Tessalonica la flotta travolse Bulgari e Arcadi. Metrodoro entrò vittorioso in città, e, liberato Arcadio, lo fece imbarcare sulla Capitana della flotta messinese, conducendolo a Costantinopoli; lì giunti uccise anche il traditore Costanzo.
Arcadio volle allora sdebitarsi con Metrodoro e con la città di Messina. Nominò Messina “città principale Empire ", just like Constantinople, with the title of Protometropoli of Sicily and Magna Graecia, delivering a Metrodorus the imperial flag and changing so Mamertina teaches the ancient castle of three towers on the green field, with the arms of the cross on a red gold, which still represents the city.

Finally, the emperor had had engraved in the bell tower of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, under the imperial coat of arms, motto you Messene Chicken charis, meaning "great gratitude to Messina, Messina, transformed by the expression in" Great to Mirci Messina, "when, in 1528, was carved on the little door, which connected the interior of the cathedral bell tower (word lost in restoration of the interior walls after the bombing in 1943).
Today the word "GREAT MIRCO " stands at the center of the main hall of the palace gates Zanca, visible to all but unknown to most.

Alessio Toscano Raffa

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Milestones 14: Messina Messina studied Hierapolis

Friendship with the formidable archaeologist Messina Alessio Toscano Raffa allows us to raise a new tone and a new item in this blog, dedicated to Messina and Cape Pelorus, archeology, history, nature and the laws of this territory.
Alessio Toscano Raffa, editor and expert aurantia "technical" Messina of antiquities, works with the Free Press "Office Shows," for which manages the heading "Milestones."
Courtesy of his Office Shows and these contributions also quoted in full on "Pheraimon.

I'm sitting on a block of marble from the third century. AD decorated in relief with newts who play wind instruments. I find myself in the ancient city of Hierapolis of Phrygia, today Pamukkale (castle cotton), Turkey. Here time has stopped and the landscape is characterized by travertine formations that resemble flowers, cotton gives the impression of a snowy scene that mix water purifying qualities. Here is a triumph of monumental ruins of the center, now an archaeological park and spa, of vast size: the ancient theater, the gymnasium, basilicas, hundreds of solemn graves. Here, the flag flying high.

From 51 years, at Hierapolis of Phrygia, works with the continuity MAIER (the Italian Archaeological Mission at Hierapolis) with activities of excavation, restoration, reconstruction, within a collaborative program between the Italian Government and the Republic of Turkey taking part in numerous universities and research institutes Italians. A living example of research in which I have with pride, the same as in the eyes and words of the hundreds of tourists, our compatriots, who, every day, I wonder about current activities. E 'pride with this team that operates the Messina University.

Under the direction of prof. L. Campaign, is addressing the cd Nymph of the Tritons, a monumental fountain, the third century. AD, spread over several floors decorated with majestic colonnades, entirely decorated in marble relief, with scenes of Amazons, personifications of rivers and springs, as well as figures of tritons. The systematic study project of the University of Messina, is mainly aimed at understanding the plant's reconstruction of the monument and graphics of the different architectural styles that adorned the front of preparatory operations anastylosis (reconstruction).

A model of research carried out with admirable dedication and sacrifice, which is financed by state funds and limited intervention of sponsoring of private companies interested in investing on culture, it would be nice if at Hierapolis, in addition to the colors of the flags of Turkey and Italian, there was also a crusader shield ...

Alessio Toscano Raffa