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This is the building where punishment was conceived as redemption. It was defined “panoptic” because of the cells placed along its perimeter, through which keepers could constantly supervise the area. Nowadays, even if it is close to the street market of the c... More »
The dwelling appeared in the XIX century together with many other holiday houses and still hides the rich treasure of a Patrician tomb No wonder you can find a Roman mausoleum dating back to at least two thousand years ago within a nineteenth-century villa, co... More »
This cavity has lava origins and a wonderful “dog’s teeth” roof, covered by reflow stalactites formed by the contact of fluid lava with the air. In the busy via Leucatia, behind the ring road of Catania, a sign by a crossroads with no outlet (via Liardo) goes ... More »
Can cinema and excavation coexist in a documentary? It seems so. In fact, we can think of involving more and more spectators and «leading them to otherwise inaccessible places», as Professor Frasca said, by taking advantage of the synergy and the propulsive dr... More »
Arab sorbet and Sicilian ice-cream were first exported to Paris and then on to the rest of the world: all thanks to a man few know about, but everyone should be thankful to. «It’s hot, let’s have a gelato!»: we’ve all said it at least once. But if we can enjoy... More »
It is a two-storey house, large enough to hide the windows of the building behind it. But, with its width of just 3 feet, it could be the smallest in the world. This tiny building is located in a Sicilian village in the province of Palermo: it was built in the... More »
Outdoor cinemas (known as Arenas) were once a must for Catania’s youth, but now they struggle to fascinate new generations whose taste is probably not the same as their parents’. Cheaper tickets for young people and more appealing programs could be the solutio... More »
Young, talented and creative: here is how the Sicilian Gaspare and Alessandro climbed the success in London bars between a Passito and a glass of Marsala For us it is not a matter of success, but of passion: moving to London was necessary because this city rep... More »
We met him in his salon in Randazzo: “I do not have only elderly or middle-aged customers, some young people come to me too and I never say no to their requests, of course” Time seems to have stopped at number 99 of Via Umberto, Randazzo: among the medieval st... More »
“The harshness of a photograph is the best way to denounce the most serious events of reality and make it change, but it is always important to respect people” In the age of instagram, and smartphones always at hand, lots of pictures go around and run the risk... More »
