The man was immortalized on one of the light holders located in Piazza Università by the sculptors Mimì Maria Lazzaro and Domenico Tudisco “The man, who once was considered wise, went mad because of love” (Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto). Almost everyone focused on words like that during school time feeling love or hate...
The unlucky story of this girl is considered the symbol of a city that doesn’t bow to a foreign invasion. The rests of the well are visible near the Ursino Castle “Put your hands down, if you want me as a girlfriend. The time to be together has not yet come: if you touch...
Beyond the cries of traders and the crowd of people, the so-called ‘caves’ are hidden within the Church of St. Gaetano, where once martyrs such as Saint Agatha were buried Piazza Carlo Alberto has long been the stage of one of the largest city markets in Sicily. Situated in the town-center of Catania, it...
Under the plaster of a seventeenth-century building in Ballarò, lies a room with the following Arabic inscription: «Whatever God wants, it will happen. Whatever He doesn’t, will not» Most of us must have certainly renovated their home at least once in their life. Let’s imagine refurbishing a room in your apartment and finding hieroglyphs...
The church of San Domenico, in the province of Trapani, houses a work belonging to the style of Sicilian Mannerism, and it is the first step towards the Baroque of which the Sicilians are always so proud The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous examples of Italian art, created by Michelangelo and...
Michelangelo, born and raised in a small seaside village in the province of Catania, discovered his homosexuality when he was just a boy. He has never openly addressed the issue with friends and relatives and has a probably out of the question consideration of Gay Pride: «We should not exploit our condition: gays are...
It was soaring in the city until the mid-60s. Today, the “Torre Alessi” street remains the only testimony of this singular structure that stood precisely on that portion of territory The main Italian cities can still boast of possessing the highest and most imposing towers of the Peninsula. Just think of the famous and...
About the Church of Blessed Savior, nowadays there is just a chapel where the wooden bust figuring Jesus Christ the Redeemer of the World, made in 1532 according to tradition, is preserved. The holy building, that overlooked the sea, was destroyed during the Unity of Italy after the construction of rail axis «The church...
