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Palermo ( / pəˈlɛərmoʊ, - ˈlɜːr -/ pə-LAIR-moh, -LUR-, [3] Italian: [paˈlɛrmo] ⓘ; Sicilian: Palermu Sicilian pronunciation: [paˈlɛmmʊ], locally also Paliemmu or Palèimmu) [4] [a] is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding ...
Palike (Ancient Greek: Παλική; Italian: Palikè) was an ancient city on Sicily. Its archeological site is located in Rocchicella on a spur of basalt in the valley of the Margi river. It lies at a distance of two kilometers to the west of the comune of Palagonia , but is part of the comune of Mineo , both in the province of Catania .
The Villa Romana del Casale is open to the public from Monday to Sunday from 09.00 to 19.00 when summer time is in force and until 17.00 in the months when standard time is in force. Perfectly connected, you won't need a car. To reach the site from the centre, you only need a few minutes thanks to the buses leaving several times a day from ...
The ancient theatre of Taormina is featured extensively in the 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite, starring Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, and F. Murray Abraham. [4] Abraham in particular is shown repeatedly onstage as the leader of a Greek chorus. The theatre is also featured in season 2, episode 2, of the HBO series The White Lotus ...
Caltagirone ( Italian: [kaltadʒiˈroːne]; Sicilian: Cartaggiruni [kaɾtaddʒɪˈɾuːnɪ, katta-] or Caltaggiruni; Latin: Calata Hieronis) is an inland city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, Southern Italy, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Catania . It is the fifth most populous ...
A wooden puppet depicting the Befana. In Italian folklore and folk customs, the Befana ( Italian: [beˈfaːna]) is a witch-like old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to Santa Claus or the Three Magi. [1] The Befana is a widespread tradition among all Italians and thus ...
Pantelleria (Italian pronunciation: [pantelleˈɾiːa]; Sicilian: Pantiḍḍirìa; [pandɪɖɖɪˈɾiːa]), known in ancient times as Cossyra or Cossura, is an Italian island and comune in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, 106 kilometres (55 nautical miles) southwest of Sicily and 68 km (35 nmi) east of the Tunisian coast. On ...
