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can go down Gioberti Street to see the
thirteenth-century mullioned windows
and, then a series of arches, eighteenth-century palaces, churches and portals
until you reach the Convent of St. “Anna”
(its oldest parts date back to 1344). From
the “Bombarde” you go down St. “Lucia”
Street to the “Borgo” whose western
side can be visited. From the church
of “Carmine”, halfway down the street,
to the churches of St. “Siminio” and St.
“Nicola”, you come to L. da Vinci Street
with the mullioned windows of Marvasi
house and the sixteenth-century open
gallery along G. Bruno Street. From here
you come back to “Repubblica” square
From here you can go up to the Castle where your sightseeing ends.
skirting the built-up area as far as the
“Baglio”, a large open space where citi- The name
zens sheltered in case of danger. At the
end of the open space the historic Nor- Comes from the Greek jerax, “sparman Castle rises, whose ruins date back row-hawk”, in memory of the bird of prey
to the XI century. From the Castle you which, according to legend, had shown
go back down to the town centre along the inhabitants of Locri the place in whiBuo