Ticket Santa Maria dell'Isola

Ticket Santa Maria dell'Isola

The sanctuary rises on the homonymous rock in the vicinity of the town of Tropea. It is likely that the rock of the island was inhabited, around the 7th-8th century, by hermits. These, isolating themselves from the civilized world, dedicated themselves to a contemplative and ascetic life. The first written indications of the use of the rock for monastic purposes date back to the XI century, everything that precedes must be considered as a historical hypothesis. For many years it belonged to the Basilian monks and from the eleventh century the Benedictine monks lived there. It was Roberto the Guiscard, the Norman duke, who wanted the passage from the Greek to the Latin rite, around 1060. Following the earthquakes of 1783 and 1905, little remains of the original structure. The staircase to follow to reach it was built around 1810.

Having become one of the symbolic places of Calabria in the world, this church is of medieval origin.

Visit: The Sanctuary of Santa Maria dell'Isola, Via Marina Dell Isola SNC, 89861 Tropea Italy

the historical-liturgical route and the panoramic terrace