Experience Sicily

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  • Modica’s Saint Peter’s

    Modica’s Duomo di San Pietro was built in the 18th century. We arrived here this evening in time for dinner and to enjoy the town’s baroque beauties such as this one lit up at night.

  • Reclaimed is Ancient History in Siracusa

    This is one of the more fascinating sites in Sicily: The Duomo of Siracusa. Look carefully–it’s not a mistake. You can see the ancient Doric-style columns of an ancient Temple of Athena, built in the 5th century BC. During the Byzantine age (in the 7th century), the temple’s structure was adopted and used as the…

  • Tiles in Erice

    Ceramic tile floor photographed inside Erice’s Chiesa Matrice, or Mother Church.

  • Uptown Ragusa

    Ragusa Ibla photographed with the Piazza del Duomo and the Baroque facade of the Basilica di San Giorgio in the distance. Ragusa Ibla is the high-town of Ragusa, a city that after the earthquake of 1693 was rebuilt into two parts–Ragusa, the lower town with a more modern layout and Ragusa Ibla, the smaller, quieter…

  • Viva Sant’Agata!

    Last night, “cittadini” of Catania (or citizens) packed the streets to pay homage to their patron Sant’Agata. 4-foot tall candles lit the way for the pink-flower-decorated, silver carriage, or fercolo, that carried the Saint’s statue and her relics to all of the important locations where Agatha lived and suffered, so devotees could reflect and pray.…

  • I Duomo

    Church dome (duomo) with majolica tiles, Cathedral of San Lorenzo, Trapani.

  • He Awaits

    A young ring bearer waits for the bride to arrive in front of the Duomo at Cefalù.

  • Skyline of a Sicilian Town

    The Baroque-era dome of Piazza Armerina’s duomo, or main cathedral, dominates the medieval town’s skyline.

  • Baroque Beauty

    Blue skies and fresh wind kissed us today during our visit to Siracusa where the Duomo, once a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, presides over one of Italy’s most picturesque Baroque piazzas.