Carmine Church, better known as the Church of the Carmine, located in Messina, on the site of a temple of the same name, which was destroyed during an earthquake in 1908. It was built by the architect Cesare Badzani and consecrated in 1931.

Order of Carmelites arrived in Messina no later than 1238 and settled down the river San Michele, two miles from the city. There Carmelites built their first church - Santa Maria del Carmelo. And the place itself eventually became commonly known as Ritiro - "Care" (as hermits lived there in seclusion). In 1292 the Carmelites moved to the city proper, but they did not stay there. In 1304 the monastic order settled in the town of Contrada Pozzo Leone, where the brothers took a few centuries the church of San Cataldo. But in 1783 the church was completely destroyed in the quake.

The new house became a Carmelite Church Carmine - it was richly decorated with frescoes and paintings in the Baroque style. The church had five altars, two of which have survived - one was dedicated to the Virgin Mary Carmelite (today you can see it in the Regional Museum), the other - St. Albert of Trapani (stolen in 1981).

December 28, 1908 in Messina happened terrible earthquake. For 30 seconds, "Lioness of Sicily and the beautiful queen of the same bay," as Pirandello describes the city, has become a city of the dead. He died during the disaster and the Church of Carmine.

Only in 1926, thanks to the efforts of Archbishop Angelo Pain began construction of a new building of the church and convent for the Carmelite, and already in 1930 the religious complex was inaugurated. Since then and to this day remains the center of the Church of the Carmine historical and cultural life of the city.

Inside the temple is in the shape of a Greek cross with side chapels and is decorated with colored marble and marble columns with carved capitals. The octagonal dome of the church has one round window on each side and topped by a lantern. At the main altar, you can see a statue of the 18th century depicting the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus in her arms.