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06 Sept 2025

Students from Our Lady’s Secondary School Templemore visit Sicily

Students from Our Lady’s Secondary School visit  Sicily

Our second year students Caroline Johnston, Meadhbh Mulrooney, Lucy Barton, John Cleere and Gearoid Campion took part in the programme. Along side Ms Tina Foagrty and Ms Emily Bergin

Photo Caption: The Erasmus group visited “La Scala dei Turchi” known as the Turkish Steps. They are white cliffs made of Marlstone that pour into the sea. The students did a marine workshop here

We visited the Valley of the Temples, which is the most important testimony of the ancient classical culture of Sicily.

It brings together the temples of gods and goddesses, as well as the area of the Necropolis and sanctuaries outside the walls. The Hellenic architecture is embedded in an enchanted valley full of almond trees.

The students did an archaeological workshop here.

We visited La Scala dei Turchi, known as the Turkish Steps. They are white cliffs made of Marlstone that pour into the sea. The students did a marine workshop here.

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