Tag: castle
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In Sicily, A Rare Event
The castle in Caccamo is covered with snow today, as is much of Sicily, a rare event! Thank you to Massimiliano Macaluso for your beautiful photo!
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Castelbuono’s Haunted Castle
The Castello dei Ventimiglia in Castelbuono meets all of your ideas about what a castle should be. It has a wall around it. It has a look-out tower. It was built in the 14th century. And it is haunted. Yup–legend says that Queen Constance Chiaramonte haunts the castle! Today, it is a town museum. This…
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Well, I’ll Be Domed
Domed roof, part of the Castello di Lipari (Lipari Castle) on Lipari Island
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Castelbuono Celebrates Sant’Anna
The city of Castelbuono is currently celebrating its patroness Sant’Anna whose feast day is July 26. Each day since July 17, devotees have been processing a life-size statue of the saint through the alleys and thoroughfares of the walled-city–most in costumes illustrating the pride they have in their Medieval past. On July 25, in the…
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The Castle from Far Away
The fortress or castle (of yesterday’s post) of the fishing and tourist port of Castellammare del Golfo photographed from the overlook on Strada Statale 187 (State Road 187). I never take for granted when I go to this overlook! I always take a photo, no matter how many I’ve taken in the past.
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Up close, It’s Grand
From up close, one can see the grandness of the originally Moor, then rebuilt by the Normans and Swabians, castle of Castellammare del Golfo.
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Castle on the Sea
Ciao from Sicily! This evening we walked around a windy and chilly Castellammare del Golfo. Here’s the town’s castle up close. Inside is the municipal ethnographic museum. I loved seeing the antique tools and equipment they exhibit. For dinner, we ate at a Michelin rated inn where we ate house-made busiate pasta with swordfish, eggplant,…
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Wherefore art thou?
Balcony of Il Castello in the fishing village San Nicola l’Arena, a hamlet of Trabia.
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Il Castello di Solanto
The Castello di Solanto was originally built during the Norman era. Its position in Bagheria along the sea has made it a desirable location for aristocratic Sicilian families who made it their residence over the centuries. The name Solanto is a corruption of Solunto, the ancient Phoenician city upon Mount Catalfano from where this photo…