Mili Attractions

Mili (12km/7mi south of Messina on the SS 114) is reached via Mili Marina, then turning right into the Mili valley. Shortly before the entrance to the village, at a height of 199m/653ft, stands the convent chapel of Santa Maria, one of several examples of Norman churches in this region. It is a single-aisled building with a domed chancel in three sections. Santa Maria is a former church of the Basilians, Greek Orthodox monks, who were supported by the Normans even after the end of the Byzantine period in Sicily, and were given an acknowledgement of their building plans by Count Roger I in 1092.