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THIS SCULPTURE IS A UNIQUE EXPRESSION OF LUCCHESE CRAFTSMANSHIP, MADE OF RESIN AND HAND-PAINTED. REPRESENTS THE VIRGIN OF DINNAMMARE AS THE MESSINA MOUNTAIN OF THE SAME NAME WHERE THE SHRINE DEDICATED TO HER STANDS AT 1127 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL. LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE EFFIGY OF THE MADONNA WAS CARRIED TO THE MOUNTAIN WHERE THE SHRINE WAS LATER BUILT IN HER NAME.