Tindari
Tindari

Tindari is the home of the Sanctuary of the Black Maddona. A statue thought to be of Byzantine origin, was one of many works of art smuggled out of Constantinople in the 8th and 9th centuries. One story is that a storm forced sailors to deposit the statue at the local abbey for safekeeping. She now sits behind the altar with the inscription "nigro sum sed formosa" (black am I, but beautuful).
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