The magnificent Cathedral at Monreale possesses walls covered with colorful mosaics depicting stories from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. This image pictured demonstrates the story of Genesis 2:22, “Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.”…
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Lighthouse for Peace
In July 2014, after years of decay and abandonment, a re-constructed Torretta Pepoli on Erice’s mountainside reopened. Named for, and originally built around 1870 by scholar and arts patron Count Agostino Pepoli (1848-1911), when first built, the little castle was a center of personal retreat as well as reception of artists and scholars. Today, the…