Experience Sicily

Tag: marble

  • My Grandfather’s Craft

    When my grandfather Vincenzo Scola first came to the United States from Sicily in 1913, he worked as a marble mason in Wisconsin. Years later, he made this marble piece, featuring his and my grandmother’s wedding photo. It’s one of my prized possessions.

  • Holy Family

    Sicilians and Italians spend today, Saint Stephen’s Day, visiting presepi, or nativity scenes–traditional, ancient, and modern as well as tiny, life-size, and live (i.e. presented by actors accompanied by live animals)! This inlaid marble alter image depicting the Holy Family is from Palermo’s Monumentale Chiesa dell’immacolata Concezione, a masterpiece of baroque architecture built in 1612.

  • Richly Sculpted Surfaces Ahead

    The dizzying Baroque decorations of the Church of Santa Caterina (1580-1596) on Palermo’s Piazza Bellini feature multicolored marble inlay and lots of curves.

  • Baroque-style Confession in Palermo

    This little alcove is an ornate, baroque version of where one goes for confession. Look closely. The priest is waiting for you behind the oval shaped, brass screen. Be careful what you say, because the jam-packed mix of marble, stucco, and fresco designs of this spot–Palermo’s Chiesa di Santa Caterina, built between 1566 and 1596…

  • Èrice possesses narrow medieval streets that are distinct from other hilltop walled cities’ because of the design of their marble pavement. #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #siciliaph #siciliafoto #erice #trapani #pavimento #pavement #marble #street #design #medieval