To dive into the worlds created by one’s favourite Sicilian writers can now become a reality. There is a track, going from Porto Empedocle to Caltanissetta, that touches some of the most iconic places in Sicilian literature: Pirandello’s house or Montalbano’s Vigata-inspiring Porto Empedocle, by way of natural beauties like Scala dei Turchi and...
Perhaps from Palermo, more likely from Messina, this woman living in the thirteenth century has a legendary aura and seems to give Sicily another record, after the one held by the School of Poetry of Frederick II. She had the ability to put women in the foreground giving them an active role towards the...
The Sicilian artist Giulio Macaione has just presented his latest work Stella di mare at Lucca Comics 2018. Forced to move away from his home, his new comic book is a colorful homage to a land he keeps on drawing inspiration from. “I tell stories about Sicily to pay tribute to my land. I...
Impressionism, the art movement that changed art history, arrived in Catania. An exhibition of oils on canvas, drawings, sculptures, photographs and pottery at Palazzo della Cultura, where you can discover artists’ “secret paths” and the origin of some of their masterpieces. Impressionists used to work en plein air, always trying to set that sense...
Each year on November the 2nd a special occasion is celebrated in Sicily, a mix of materiality and spirituality involving the entire population in a unique way. Between characteristic themes, hidden elements and a short story by the writer Giovanni Verga, the true meaning of this event is more complex than it may seem...
Archaeoastronomy studies the correlation between ancient building’s orientation and celestial phenomena. On the shoulders of astrophysics and history, it tries to uncover truths long forgotten. The valley of Argimusco, in the province of Messina, holds a great deal of relevance to the discipline and may become an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Andrea Orlando, a...
From the crossroad of Sicilian and American language, a new one came into the world: a hybrid reminiscent of Anglo-American for vocabulary, but adapted to local spelling and phonetics. The first languages of influence to which you may think, when it comes to Sicilian dialect and its origins, are French, Spanish and Italian. Catalan...
Sicilian flag is red like lava and yellow like wheat, with three legs like its three edges, but this is not all. This regional symbol has deep historical and religious roots, which make Sicilians what they once were and what they still are, as if it was the chest of their most untouchable secrets
B. comes from Morocco, he is 12 years old and when he is not at school he plays with his friends « with duck lettuce, crumbs for pigeons and dogs’ excrements ». Fabio is a thirty-year-old lawyer and a volunteer of the “Cappuccini” association, which operates in the homonymous district of the city of...
A tool, powered by machine learning technology, for the automatic creation of infographics has been selected by the tech giant to be fully funded as part of their effort to promote new ideas in the news industry A software, designed for journalists, able to turn articles and press releases into clear and enticing infographics....
