Linda Mathieu's experiences living as an American expat in France
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I was going to head north after visiting Lecce but read about an interesting church not too far south that I decided to quickly visit. It is in the new to me village of Otranto which turned out to be a very pleasant place.
It’s famous for its 12th century floor mosaic covering the entire floor.A tree of life.This is Alexander the Great who uses meat on a stick to get two griffins to carry him up over the earth to get a view.The lovely ceilings.The bones of over 800 Christians behead by Muslims in the church in 1480. The church was made into a Mosque. A year later the Muslims were defeated and it became a church again.
