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3 unusual facts about Saint Christina


Quattro Canti

The piazza is octagonal, four sides being the streets; the remaining four sides are Baroque buildings, the near-identical facades of which contain fountains with statues of the four seasons, the four Spanish kings of Sicily, and of the patronesses of Palermo, (Cristina, Ninfa, Olivia, and Agata).

Saint Christina

Saint Christina of Bolsena (Christina of Tyre, Christina the Great Martyr) (feast day: July 24)

Yernes y Tameza

It has two chapels dedicated to Santiago and Saint Christina, and there are parish churches of Santa María de Tameza and Santa Cruz de Yernes.



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