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The most important centre is Lipari. Part of the city extends along the two picturesque inlets
of Marina Lunga and a part is
distributed around its Castle (XVI century), the antique acropolis of Greek and Roman town,
which rises majestically on a high
Liparitic lava rock, with titanic sixteenth century bastions sheer above the sea.
The Acropolis, called the Castle, is up to the present day the focus of the historical centre,
where reminders of the past are still
conserved. Within the perimeter of the walls, the populations of the Neolithic, those of the
first half of the Iron Age (culture of
Piano Quartara), the Bronze Age and the Hellenic Age had their centres as is demonstrated
by archeological findings. Of the
old town, besides prehistoric stratifications, there still exist Hellenistic remains, the churches
and the old Episcopal palace near
the Cathedral. Built by Roggero the Norman in 1084, it was completeiy rebuilt in the Baroque
Age; it still has, of the original
structure, the ogival cross vaults, valuable decorations and stuccoes of the 18th century and
paintings of great artistic interest.
The church of Immacolata, with its smooth facade and dark pilaster strips, the church of
Addolorata of medieval origin but
with a cylindrical little dome and baroque facade and the church of S. Maria delle Grazie with
a 18th century facade, have all
valuable architectures. Among the works of art we must point out a picture of the Addolorata,
in the church of Addolorata and
other paintings by Girolamo Alibrandi.
The walls, built by the Spaniards in the 16th century, the imposing fortifications of the 16th
century are well preserved; they
were built to the South and include previous fortifications of the 13th century with sheer
defence towers and one tower, part of
the Greek wall, which still has 23 rows of square blocks of the same thickness. From this
gate-tower and through a passage
with oglval gate you approach from the city to the wide area of the Castle. At the beginning of
our century, a gash made in the
wall has interrupted the Spanish fortifications (thus destroying part of the prehistoric and
classical remains) in order to create a
direct passage from via Garibaldi to the Cathedral.
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