Experience Sicily

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  • Daydreaming on Salina

    Mask and door of a home on Salina Island (Aeolian Islands).

  • The Color of the Sea on Salina

    Church window with shutters, Salina (AeolianIslands).

  • Salami on Salina

    This Alimentari – Salumeria may be found on the beautiful Eolian Island of Salina. Alimentari=foods. Salumeria=a store that specializes in making and selling salami, or cured sausage.

  • Le Saline or Saltworks of Trapani and Marsala

    The saltworks or “Le Saline” of Trapani and Marsala have been exploited since Phoenician times (c. 800 BC). The shallow salty waters, high temperatures, and arid winds make for excellent conditions for harvesting salt from the sea. For centuries, windmills mechanized the process of cultivating and processing the salt that is exported to kitchens throughout…

  • Trapani’s Treasures

    The shores of Trapani offer a window into its ancient Phoenician past on the island of Mothia or Mozia and to one of Sicily’s ancient industries: salt mining at the Stagno and Trapani salt marshes, where still today, the sea’s salt is extracted and exported to kitchens around the world. Note the windmills in the…

  • Lemons painted by an artist on the Eolian Island of Lipari with Salina in the distance. #sicily #lemons #salina #eolian #lipari