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"Die
Vero 11 mensis Januarii seddente in Pontificatu
Innocentio duodecimo Romano Pontefice, in hoc Sicilia
regno ita ut quamplurimae civitates et terrae penitus
dirutae fuerint et in hac terra Iarratanae, non solum
edes omnes sed ecclesiae fubditus corruerint et non
remansit lapis super sunt infrascripti ut apparent". On Janury 11th
the earthquake shook the earth, 25% of the population
died. With a great tenacity people in Giarratana chose to
reconstruct the town in a lower area. All the eleven
churches were destroyed by the devastating fury of the
earthquake between January 9th and January 11th
. Near the castle there are still the ruins of the
churches of SantAntonio and Santa Caterina while
only some documents are left of the other churches.
Giarratana was rebuilt again, in the sun, in a more
fertile land, open to the Mediterranean.
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