Monumento a Don Giovanni d'Austria

An interesting XVI. century bronze monument

On our way to the harbour of Messina, we spotted this bronze monument to John of Austria. He was the illegitimate son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. and half-brother of King Philip II. of Spain....

An interesting XVI. century bronze monument

On our way to the harbour of Messina, we spotted this bronze monument to John of Austria. He was the illegitimate son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. and half-brother of King Philip II. of Spain....

Important statue to a hero of naval warfare.

An imposing and important statue in Messina - Piazza Catalani. A tribute to the Admiral of the Christian fleet based in the port of Messina preparing for the sea war against the Turks ending with the ...

Important statue to a hero of naval warfare.

An imposing and important statue in Messina - Piazza Catalani. A tribute to the Admiral of the Christian fleet based in the port of Messina preparing for the sea war against the Turks ending with the ...

Frente a la Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani

Situada frente a la Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani, representa a Juan de Austria con el pie sobre la cabeza de Ali Pasha comandante al q venció en la Batalla de Lepanto (1571)