Experience Sicily

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  • Ancient Mask

    Ancient terracotta mask, Siracusa’s Museo Archeologico Regionale “Paolo Orsi”

  • Snippets that Reveal Treasures

    This is a snippet of a larger painting that hangs in the chambers of Palermo’s Palazzo dei Normanni, the house of the Sicilian Parliament. I love it for two reasons: it shows pre-twentieth century traditional dress of the women working in the field and one of them is holding a traditional Sicilian, woven basket.

  • Mementos for Your Carry-On

    Souvenir shop, Noto. No trip to Sicily would be complete without purchasing some ceramics to take home. Other mementos of Sicily to consider stuffing in your carry-on are preserves and honey (for example, crema di pistacchio, pistacchio pesto, wild fennel pesto, orange marmalade, citron jam, and bee honey from the fichi d’india), Malvasia wine, marzipan…

  • Power of the People: Lo Zingaro

    Along Sicily’s north-west coast between Castellammare del Golfo and San Vito Lo Capo exists a protected area known as “Lo Zingaro” Nature Reserve. Lo Zingaro was founded in 1981 after environmentally-minded citizens staged a protest-march in May 1980 to prevent the approximately 4000 acres of land from being developed and bisected by a coastal highway.…

  • Balcony, Ragusa Ibla

    Balcony, Ragusa Ibla.

  • Caciocavallo Cheese

    Many Sicilian recipes call for Caciocavallo cheese. Caciocavallo is a Southern Italian cow’s milk cheese that could be compared to Provolone (a similar, Northern Italian cheese), but depending on how long it has aged and the types of grass the cows ate before being milked, it could have a spicier and saltier flavor. It’s named…

  • Chiesa di San Giuseppe in Ragusa Ibla

    The Baroque-era Chiesa di San Giuseppe in Ragusa Ibla is a stunning example of the UNESCO recognized Late Sicilian Baroque of the Val di Noto. Built starting in 1756, inside you may visit an exhibition of antiques and other items related to the old convent that was attached to the church. It may give you…

  • Fratelli Mancuso, New-Traditional Sicilian Music

    Fratelli Mancuso are prolific singers and composers originally from Sutera in the province of Caltanissetta. To date, they have recorded 8 albums of original and traditional music inspired by the folk singing of Sicily. They have performed concerts all over Europe and Asia, and this month, as part of the theater piece “Rumore di acque”…

  • Noto Church Bells

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