History and Legends
Greece has taught us the pleasure of light and harmony.
The Muslims brought us the scent of oriental gardens from the legendary Thousand and One Nights; but also the seed of fanatical exaltation, habitual deceit and rapture.The Spaniards infected us with hyperbole and arrogance, a display of words and rites, the magnanimity of the cavalier gesture, but, with this, the taste of ash and of death." Gesualdo Bufalino
Sicily Mother Day
Life is a Great Game
PASSIONE
Dedichiamo il seguente racconto a tutti i componenti della "Disordinata Villabate" che, come i veri sportivi e appassionati del Football di sempre, sarebbero pronti ad affrontare ogni avversità pur di giocarsi la partita della vita fino in fondo.
IL Bel Canto di Simone Alaimo...
There was something in the air, we could hear it and feel it, the miracle of a return to the pure form of the Mediterranean song cleansed of encrustations, of banalities, of persisting errors, of oppressiveness and inaccurate accents, of both the e
EZ-OPERA
La VanVakys e lieta di offrire a tutti i melomani questo piccolo prontuario dei termini e delle parole del melodramma riservate a tutti coloro che l'amano e che vogliono saperne di piu sull'Opera, i suoi migliori interpreti, le scene, le musiche, gli attori e le loro performance, l'orchest..
Car racing Event
The oldest sports car racing event in the world!
The “Targa Florio” has been held since 1906. The race was created in 1906 by the wealthy pioneer race driver and automobile enthusiast, Vincenzo Florio, who had started the Coppa Florio race in Brescia and Lombardy in 1900. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973.
Natural movie Set
"From The Godfather to Roberto Benigni" MOvie PIX The Ionian coast of Sicily has served as an outdoor set for many movies such as "Intrigo in Taormina" with Ugo Tognazzi and Walter Chiari (1960), "Il Piccolo Diavolo" with Italian actor and Academy Award winner Roberto Benigni and the American Walter Matthau (1988), "Le grand bleu" by Luc Besson, starring Jean Reno (1988) and of course The Godfather (Part III) by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino (1990).
Communities
Language
Every Wednesday night, a small group of students gather for their language course at the Italian Charities of America Inc. in Flushing, Queens. Ironically, the students are not interested in learning Italian, but a separate language that arrived during the wave of Italian immigration to New York City.
CITIES AND VILLAGES
BAGHERIA
Bagheria has an ancient history. The first vestiges take us back to prehistoric times on the Monte Porcara and at Pizzo Cannita, as well as Phoenician and, later... More..
Taormina
Sicilian: Taurmina, Greek: Tauromenion,
Latin: Tauromenium is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily,Italy, in the Province of Messina.
WEB & PICS
Wine
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SICILIANA TO EXPERIENCE
WineAppeal.it "Art in a Bottle”
Without question, the traditions of art and wine in Sicily have truly ancient roots. That the two should pair together so naturally comes as no surprise: both elements satisfy the immaterial needs of the human spirit; both are sensit
SICILIANA TO DISCOVER
List Of Places
- Forza D’Agro’
- Savoca
- Bronte and Simeto Valley
- Scala dei Turchi
- Prizzi
- Jato Valley
- San Marco d'Alunzio
- Montalbano Elicona
- Petralie e Nebrodi
SICILIANA ITINERARIES
ITINERARIES
- Caltagirone The City of Ceramics
- Mini-cruise to the Island of the Currents
- Snorkeling and birdwatching at Vendicari
- To Pantalica – First caves of the Mankind
- The Museum of the Landing in Sicily
- Trekking through the Gorges of the Alcantara River
- Underneath the Chestnut of the100 horses! ?The oldest tree in Europe
- The trails of Etna