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January 23rd, 1387: an adventurous and fairy liberation plan involved Guglielmo Raimondo Moncada and the daughter of King Federico IV, Maria. She was been imprisoned at the Ursino Castle by the greedy vicar Artale, who did not accept her as the legitimate heir... More »
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 »
They say it was a lovely spot, with a depth of 50 feet and a width of 4 miles, and that it was the place where high-society villa appeared and boat races used to take place Did you know that Catania was surrounded by a lake? They say it was a lovely spot, with... 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 »
This slumbering city is often drowned by big clunky architectures that don’t make her beauty justice. Instead some others speak volumes about the city’s long history and are truly worth a visit. Let’s for just a minute imagine Catania as is used to be: carriag... 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 »
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... More »
Sicily, to this day, holds a great mystery: what has happened to Caravaggio’s Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence? There are many fascinating theories on the matter, and someone even believes it used to be displayed at the meetings of the major mafia bo... More »
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 im... More »
In the XIX century, in order to give new life to the small town of Taormina, some famous people occupied the historic center and resided there, often for a long time. Among these, many were not only foreigners, but also homosexuals. The first forms of tourism ... More »
