Shrine of Christ the King Memorial Bell - Messina, Italy
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N 38° 11.775 E 015° 33.116
33S E 548328 N 4227733
The Shrine of Christ the King Memorial Bell is located on a hilltop at Viale Principe Umberto 93, Messina, Italy.
Waymark Code: WM11T3N
Location: Sicilia, Italy
Date Posted: 12/14/2019
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Outside the Shrine of Christ the King is a bell tower with a bell that is 2.80 meters high and weighs 130 quintals (14560 lbs). It was cast from the bronze taken from enemy cannons captured during World War I (1915-18) and it is dedicated in remembrance of the fallen of all wars.
The bell contains an image of the Madonna and Child and the inscription
VOS ET IPSAM
CIVITATEM BENEDICIMUS
I BLESS YOU
AND YOUR CITY
The inscription is the closing of a letter that tradition says was written my the Virgin Mary to the City of Messina.
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