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THE PROJECT
THE HISTORICAL CENTER
RUFFO DI SCILLA CASTLE
The fortified rock of Scilla: from its origins to the unification of Italy
The Ruffo di Calabria
Dedicatory epigraph of Count Paolo Ruffo
Blessed Virgin of the Angels medallion
French plaque
Ancient kitchens of the Prince's Palace
Underground cistern of the castle
Scilla Lighthouse
Crypt of the ancient fortified monastery of Saint Pancras
The Picture Collection of the Prince of Scilla
The historic center
The historic center
Barbara Iemmi
2026-07-23T07:51:38+00:00
Chianalea District
SAN GIORGIO DISTRICT
MARINA GRANDE DISTRICT
MELIA DI SCILLA
Chianalea District
1.
Scylla's Cave
2.
Scilla's teeth
3.
Swordfish hunting
4.
Dionigi di Alicarnasso
Roman Antiquities, VII a.C.
5.
The Flora and Fauna of the Seabed off Scilla
6.
Plinio il Vecchio
Naturalis Historia, 73 AD.
7.
Mermaid Fountain
Gennaro Morrone, 1984
8.
Albert Jouvin de Rochefort
Journey to Europe, 1672
9.
Sallustio
Historiae, 39 BC
.
10.
Giovanni Boccaccio
On the Genealogy of the Gods, 1360
11.
Nonnus of Panopolis
The Dionysiaca, 5th century AD
12.
Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy, 1321
13.
Apollodoro
Library, 2nd century AD.
14.
Hans Christian Andersen
A Poet's Bazaar, 1842
15.
Pomponio Mela
De Chorographia, 43 AD.
16.
Polibio
The Histories, 2nd century BC
17.
San Clemente Fountain
18th century
18.
Saint Jerome (Jerome of Stridon)
Contra Rufinum, 400 AD.
19.
Birthplace of Giuseppe Zagari
Clinician, Physician
20.
Stefano D’Arrigo
Horcynus Orca, 1975
21.
Renato Guttuso
The Scilla School of Painting 1949 – 1950
22.
Ruffo di Calabria Fountain
23.
Canalello Fountain
16th-century
24.
Procopio di Cesarea
History of the Wars, 550 AD.
25.
Alexander Dumas (father)
Journey to Calabria, 1835
26.
Alessandro Manzoni
March 1821, 1848
27.
San Giuseppe Church
28.
Serro Fountain
17th century
29.
Three Spouts Fountain
1610
30.
Galileo Galilei
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, 1632
31.
Church of Maria Santissima di Porto Salvo
32.
Richard Keppel Craven
Journey through the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples, 1821
33.
Giovanni Verga
Rustic Tales, 1883
34.
Diego Andrea Tomacelli's Birthplace
Bishop
35.
Claudio Tolomeo
Geography, 2nd century AD
36.
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Travels to the Two Sicilies and Some Parts of the Apennines, 1792
37.
Igino
Fabulae, II a.C.
38.
Tucidide
The Peloponnesian War, 5th century BC
39.
Edward Lear
Diary of a Walking Tour, 1852
40.
Church of Mary Most Holy Immaculate
Cathedral and Archpriest Church of Scilla
SAN GIORGIO DISTRICT
41.
Fountain of the nimph Scilla
Francesco Jerace, 1932
42.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Scilla, August 30, 1862
43.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Codex Arundel, 1478
44.
Platone
The Letters, 4th century BC
45.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Memories of a Journey to Italy 1786–1787, 1816
46.
Euripide
Medea, 431 a.C.
47.
Francesco Petrarca
The Triumphs, 1351
48.
Athanasius Kircher
Mundus subterraneus, 1665
49.
Johann Heinrich Bartels
Letters on Calabria and Sicily, 1786
50.
Licofrone
Alessandra, III a.C.
51.
Napoleone Bonaparte
Letters, 7 February 1808
52.
Monument: The Metamorphosis of Scylla
Francesco Triglia, 2013
53.
Strabone
Geography, 23 AD.
54.
Alessandro Manzoni
The Fifth of May, 1821
55.
Giovanni Boccaccio
De Montibus, 1373
56.
Mythological Scylla Fountain
Giovanni Pirrotta, 2003
57.
Omero
Odyssey, 7th century BC
58.
Virgilio
Aeneid, 1st century BC
59.
Ovidio
Metamorphoses, 8 AD
60.
Monument: The Man and the Swordfish
Pasquale Panetta, 1970
61.
Apollonio Rodio
The Argonautica, 3rd century BC
62.
Canalello Fountain
17th century
63.
Pope Honorius III
Papal bull, 3 July 1223
64.
Henry Swinburne
Journey to the Two Sicilies, 1783
65.
Birthplace of Carmine Pirrotta
Painter, sculptor
66.
Vincenzo Cartari
Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1556
67.
Antonio Minasi's birthplace
Philosopher, naturalist
68.
Carmine Church
(Sant’Aloi)
69.
Lucrezio
De Rerum Natura, I a.C.
70.
Stazio
The Woods, 1st century AD
71.
Gaston Vuillier
Sicily: Impressions of the Present and the Past, 1896
72.
Scilla War Memorial
Carmine Pirrotta, 1960
73.
Church of St. John the Baptist
74.
A’ Cresiola
Votive chapel to San Rocco
75.
Birthplace of Giovannibattista Alemagna
Doctor
76.
Giovanni Pascoli
Thoughts and Words, 1914
77.
The wines, vineyards, and terraces of Scilla
78.
Birthplace of Giovanni Minasi
Historical
79.
Girolamo Marafioti
Chronicles and Antiquities of Calabria, 1601
80.
Friedrich L. von Stolberg
Journey to Calabria, 1794
81.
Birthplace of Rocco Focà
Wood artist
82.
Birthplace of Raffaela Piria
Chemical
83.
Eschilo
Oresteia, 458 BC
84.
Emily Lowe
Defenseless women in Calabria, Sicily, and on the summit of Mount Etna, 1859
85.
Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius, 65 AD.
86.
Mariano Bova
Engraver
87.
Rocco Bova
Astronomer
88.
San Rocco Church
89.
San Rocco
Protector and patron of Scilla
90.
Birthplace of Luigi Gaetano Gulli
Concert artist
91.
Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non (abate di Saint-Non)
Picturesque Journey or Description of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, 1785
MARINA GRANDE DISTRICT
92.
Torquato Tasso
Jerusalem Conquered, 1593
93.
Charles Didier
Picturesque Italy, 1846
94.
Saint Isidore (Isidore of Seville)
Etymologiae sive Origines, 639 d.C.
95.
The ancient wall of Scilla
96.
Giovenale
The Satires, 127 AD.
97.
Arthur John Strutt
A Walking Tour in Calabria and Sicily, 1842
98.
Archestrato da Gela
Hedypatheia, 330 a.C.
99.
Seneca
Hercules Furens, between 41 and 62 AD.
100.
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Scilla, May 5, 1930
101.
Canaloni Fountain
17th century
102.
Fountain of the Graces
18th century
103.
Church of the Holy Spirit
104.
The snow trade between Scilla and Messina
105.
Joseph Victor Widman
Calabria, Puglia, and excursions on the lakes of Northern Italy, 1904
106.
Catullo
Liber, I a.C.
107.
The Roman Port in the roadstead of Scilla
108.
Home-Workshop of Orazio Chirico, known as “U Grecu”
Mastro Ferraro
MELIA DI SCILLA
109.
Melia War Memorial
Carmine Pirrotta, 1960
110.
Tremusa Caves
111.
Consular Street Annia Popilia
Section of Roman-era paving, 132 BC.
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