Saturday, June 9, 2018

Ragusa


June has added Ragusa to our apartment inspection list, so now we have both Anziani and Sorelle apartments to be inspected, nine apartments total.  That completes the “baroque triangle!”  Round trip, it takes about three and a half hours on the road. It is a tough job but we have been asked to do it!

Ragusa is a beautiful little city in southern Sicily. The 1693 earthquake reduced Ragusa to rubble.  They responded by building Ragusa Alta the new city n the hill.  But the aristocracy refused to desert their charred homes so recreated Ragusa Ibla on the original valley site. That made for double the pleasure!

Our newly constructed church sits in Ragusa Alta on the perimeter of the city.  Plenty of parking and on a hill to boot! Our missionaries are working hard to build the congregation and fill the church.  The Sicily missionaries are absolutely the best! After DDM, we were treated to Sorelle homemade lunch and sent home with a fresh loaf of zucchini bread along with clean, well-kept apartments.




We took the late afternoon for a walk through Ragusa Ibla.













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