Category: Art, Culture and Curiosity

The mines of Montedoro are the symbol of a dream, that of the peasants of some areas of Sicily who thought, now two centuries ago, that they could magically transform themselves into rich entrepreneurs.

Roccalumera is a town in the province of Messina famous for being the birthplace of the poet Salvatore Quasimodo. In fact, the relationship between the town and its most illustrious son was always very close and probably his origins influenced the poetics of the author in an important way.

The Casa del Dispetto in Petralia Sottana, a small village in the province of Palermo, is a very particular building that boasts a curious record: its dimensions, in width, are so small, that it ranks among the narrowest buildings in the world.

The town of Alcamo has given birth to some famous personalities of which the most famous is certainly the poet Cielo d'Alcamo, one of the most famous exponents of Italian jester narrative who finds its most illustrious expression in the Sicilian school as well as the one who was listed as the first author to write in the Italian vernacular.

Salemi, a city in western Sicily in the Belice Valley, is part of the circuit of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy was founded in 2001 to give voice to our immense artistic, historical and cultural heritage, forgotten or underestimated, despite its extraordinary beauty and the tourist interest it can arouse.

The folklore and customs of Giarre are the faithful mirror of the culture and traditions of eastern Sicily.

An event that has been taking place in Castelvetrano for several years, with the participation of local inhabitants, artists, folk groups and medieval musicians. Daughter of two…

Tindari and the black Madonna, linked by an ancient legend, it is rumored that in all legends, there is a fund of truth and the legend of the Madonna of Tindari originated the construction of a sanctuary dedicated to the Heavenly Mother.

Throughout Europe, the legendary papyrus is present, spontaneously, only in two locations in Sicily: Syracuse and Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, a municipality in the province of Catania with just over 9000 inhabitants.

When we talk about the history of Buccheri we refer to a town located in the southern hinterland of Sicily, in the province of Syracuse, located on the northern slopes of Monte Lauro, part of the Iblei Mountains.

It is known that in Sicily there are traces of imperial Roman history, since there are some towns that have buildings and monuments left which demonstrate how the island had already become a Roman province in 241 BC

Fans of ancient finds will certainly know the so-called Centuripe Ceramics, also known with the more technical name of polychrome ceramics of eastern Sicily.