Garitta di Santa Tecla by emmecielle

Photography • Historical • posted on Sep 17, 2011

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The heat continues to bedevil the Sicilian days! It continues to go to the seaside, on this time the water is really wonderful, warm and inviting without too much clutter! I've already inserted some photos of the Garitta in Santa Tecla, a small village overlooking the sea where I spent the summer with my grandsons, but never in the foreground! It's a lookout tower overlooking the sea, built in the sixteenth century due to a few raids of Turkish pirates. The small fortified building is located on a picturesque outcrop of lava rock. The Garitta has a quadrangular plan and a large masonry in mortar and lava stone. The roof of the building is four slopes. For each cardinal point are rectangular slits. Have a good weekend! :) Thanks for looking and for previous comments and fav!

Comments (61)

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Hendesse

1:01PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Excellent and very impressive shot. What a fantastic place.

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farmerC

1:27PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Exellent shot.

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SIGMAWORLD

1:28PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Sehr gutes Foto!

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durleybeachbum

1:35PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

What a peculiar building! Very interesting indeed, especially the rocks!

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kbrog

1:44PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Superb capture of this fantastic look-out tower! :) Looks awesome coming up out of the lava rocks and I can see a small water cave at the bottom.

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flora-crassella

1:48PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

an interesting story and building! GREAT picture!!!!!!

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Feliciti

1:48PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

excellent capture and impressive too !!like the view on the sea too!!

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Rhanagaz

1:48PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Great shot! Think to live there all the year!? :o)

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annie5

2:03PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

What a nice scene..interesting capture! :)

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lior

2:09PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Superb and impressive scene: excellent capture!

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mayrannes

2:25PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Una bella foto che mette in risalto la roccia lavica. Io continuo ad andare a fare i bagni ad Acicastello, scuola permettendo.

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dochtersions

2:55PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

This is such a very beautiful place, so special. The colors, the stones, as a special form. Your photo is superb and looks so vivid, dear Maria C.. Thanks for telling the history behind it, very interesting.

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Lashia

3:34PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Wow beautiful landscape, love the colours here- thanks for sharing! :) By the way, have you checked out the Halloween Photography Contest! "Zombie Apocalypse!"

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ginb

3:51PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

beautiful sea place, thanks

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adrie

4:40PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Very beautiful view and capture my friend, love it.

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0rest4wicked

5:25PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Good composition and color!

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blinkings

5:34PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Very cool indeed. Gotta watch out for those Turkish pirates!

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gunsan

6:23PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

Fantastic building. This beautiful shot makes me long to see it in real!

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jocko500

6:29PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

very lovely shot of history

CaressingTheDark

11:25PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

This is such a stunning capture. Love this so much

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Sylvia

11:45PM | Sat, 17 September 2011

~Impressive~ THANKS for sharing!!!

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virginiese

2:51AM | Sun, 18 September 2011

So interesting. The photo is wonderful and the water looks warm, indeed. How lucky you are to have a swim in September. Here it is cloudy and rainy :-(

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UteBigSmile

3:22AM | Sun, 18 September 2011

Amazing capture!

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Bossie_Boots

4:23AM | Sun, 18 September 2011

Oh wow amazing capture !

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tofi

7:27AM | Sun, 18 September 2011

A gorgeous view! Your photograph is taken with such lovely lighting, accentuating such a perfect view of this most impressive and curious place. It reminds me of a mysterious, and secret lookout, though on the water! Excellent capture!

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mariogiannecchini

9:36AM | Sun, 18 September 2011

Qui ho acceso ora il computer , spento verso le 13.00 per un violento temporale , tuoni , fulmini , vento , scorsci d'acqua e verie intterruzioni di corrente . Bella foto e posto incantevole , splendida acqua azzurra ! Buona domenica.

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