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- 1. Sicilia Aprile 2008Concetta Nicolosi
- 2. The Greeks calledSicily the “Land of Figs and Olives” The word “Sicily” derives from the Greek: syco – sici = fig + Ilia – ily = olive
- 3. Trinacria, Symbol ofSicily (Taormina):
- 4. The 'trinacria' ofSicily represents the fertility of the island and the three legs the extreme points of Sicily: Punta del Faro in the province of Messina Capo Passero near Siracusa Capo Lille west of Marsala
- 5. Trinacria in AncientGreek (triskèles) means 'three promontories‘ or “shape of a trident.” It features a Gorgon's with a hair-do of snakes holding ears of wheat. According to Greek legend the Gorgon was a terrible creature made up, in part, of three daughters of the gods of the sea. The creature also possessed bronze hands, gold wings and wild boar's tusks. It lived at the ends of the earth (Sicily and the Isle of Man?) and could petrify a man with its glance, being also part Medusa. The symbol of a man's leg bent at the knee was popular with Spartan warriors and represented power or force.
- 6. It was onlyin February 2000 that the 'trinacria' was approved for the Sicilian flag. Flag of Sicily
- 7. Because of itsstrategic location, Sicily was invaded over the centuries by many armies. Evidence of human settlements, 10,000 BC Its original inhabitants were the Sicans (or Sicels), 8C BC Invaders and rulers: Phoenicians, Greeks 8 – 4C BC Carthaginians, 4C BC Romans, 3C BC - 5C AD Byzantines, 7C AD Arabs, 9C AD Normans, 11C AD Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, Bourbons, 12C – 19C (Sicilian Vespers – 1282, revolt against the Angevins) 1860 – Garibaldi lands, leads attack against the Bourbons, Italy unified. Allied invasion 1943 Sicilia: Timeline of Invasions
- 8. Arabs introduced terracingand irrigation for farming; plus rice, cotton, sugar cane, pistachios, pomegranates, apricots, peaches, citrus, indigo, early forms of ice cream; roses and jasmine for perfume; mulberry trees for silk-worms, and goldsmithing . Jasmine
- 9. Palermo, via dellaLibert à , Aquila, il stemma di Palermo, durante il Periodo Medeovale
- 10. Duomo, Palermo, 1184,Norman, founded on site of Muslim mosque. Competed with Monreale Duomo for grandeur: “Battle of Two Cathedrals”
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- 24. Duomo, Monreale, Cristo, il Pantocratore “Ruler of All”
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- 32. Palermo, via dellaLibert à Francesco Crispi 1819-1901 Sicilian Patriot Fought with Garibaldi in Italian Unification, 1860
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- 34. Palermo, la Chiesadi Santa Raffaella Maria
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- 36. Palermo, ilgiardino inglese Garibaldi
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- 53. Grotto of St.Rosalia, (d. 1160). patron saint of Palermo. Saved it from the plague (1666). Reposing statue is of marble with gold overlay Top of Mont Pellegino, overlooking port of Palermo
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- 59. Agrakas (Agrigento)Valle dei Templi Founded 581 BC
- 60. Agrigento, Claudio, ourguide, fluent in Latin, Greek, English, French, Italian!
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- 68. Agrigento, Acanthus (leafdesign adapted by Romans for Corinthian capitals)
- 69. Agrigento, Tempio diGiunone (Juno)
- 70. Agrigento, Tempio diGiunone (Juno)
- 71. Agrigento, Tempio diGiunone (Juno)
- 72. Agrigento, Tempio diGiunone (Juno)
- 73. Agrigento, Tempio diGiunone (Juno)
- 74. Agrigento, Tempio diGiunone (Juno)
- 75. Agrigento, Valle deiTempi, Tempio di Concordia, 440-430 BC, best preserved temple
- 76. Agrigento, Tempio diConcordia
- 77. Agrigento, Tempio diConcordia, 440-430 BC, Valle dei Tempi
- 78. Agrigento, Tempio diConcordia
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- 81. Agrigento, tracks madeby wheels carting large stones
- 82. Agrigento, Tempio diGiove
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- 87. Agrigento, carretto siciliano,now only a tourist attraction
- 88. Carretto Siciliano, Paintedcarts of Sicily, introduced by the Greeks. Panel illustrations depicted the Crusades, chivalry and other important events in Catholic and European history.
- 89. “ Lapa”, 2003,the tradition continues in small, three-wheeled motorized vehicles, called lapa, often painted in the traditional way.
- 90. Town of Nicolosi…the gateway to Etna
- 91. Town of Nicolosi…They call Connie “nicolosi-ssima”
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- 107. Taormina, roman amphitheater,Corinthian columns (based on acanthus leaf)
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- 131. Taormina, Ristorante daNino, Fellini e Ingrid Bergman
- 132. Taormina, Ristorante daNino, la Frutta (le nespole)
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- 142. Giardini-Naxos, Hotel SantAlphio, view from room
- 143. Giardini-Naxos, Hotel SantAlphio, view from room
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- 145. Siracusa, Greek theater,preparation for summer festivals, carved out of limestone hill
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- 150. Siracusa, walkway fromamphitheater
- 151. Siracusa, Dionysus’s ear,Tyrant of Siracusa, 404-3 BC, Garden of Paradise (Greek limestone quarry),
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- 153. Siracusa, Dionysus’s ear, inside looking out
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- 155. Siracusa, Garden ofParadise, shell fossil in limestone
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- 163. Duomo, Cefalu, begun1131 by the Norman king, Roger II; completed 1240. Apse with mosaic of Cristo, il Pantocratore.
- 164. Ortigia (island inthe city), off Siracusa
- 165. Ortigia “ Islandin the City” off Siracusa, connected by a crosswalk
- 166. Ortigia, Greek Templeof Apollo
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- 184. View of Sicily(Messina from Ferry to Reggio Calabria)
- 185. Port of Messina,Madonna della Lettura, (20’ high) patron saint of sailors and ports.
- 186. Madonna of theLetter "Vos et ipsam civitatem benedicimus," "We bless you and your city." According to popular legend, the Virgin Mary presented a letter to Messina residents who visited her in Palestine in 42 AD, congratulating the city on their Christian conversion. The letter is said to be in safe keeping inside one of Messina's churches, and “… promising to you, and all your posterity, to assist you in the presence of My Son." Madonna della Lettura was unveiled in 1934 when Pope Pius XI who, using a remote control device created by Gugliemo Marconi, illuminated the statue from the Vatican City.
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- 197. Salvatore Irace, TourDirector
- 198. Neptune, GuardingPort of Messina
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- 201. On the wayto Cefalu, looking down from bus
- 202. On the wayto Cefalu
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- 223. Corleone – Birthplaceof the Nicolosi Clan (Ignazio Nicolosi, 1873)
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