Troina - Chiesa Madre

A Norman tower was extended in the 15th century, then made into the Chiesa Madre and given a Classical front in the 18th century. This church at the highest point in the town and with an extensive view is perhaps one of Sicily's earliest Norman churches, for it was in Troina that the Normans established the first Latin diocese in 1080, although Messina soon joined it in 1096.

The church was built c. 1080, most probably within the castle fortifications. Only the walls of the transept and the bell-tower date from the Middle Ages. The apses have been pulled down and other changes brought about in the ensuing centuries mean that the original structure is no longer recognizable.