Experience Sicily

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  • Summer at Palermo’s Quattro Canti

    At the center of Palermo, the intersection of Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Maqueda is called Quattro Canti, or Four Corners. Quattro Canti is octagonal in shape, and it is flanked by four 18th century Baroque facades, each with a fountain and a series of statues. On the first level–the street level–are images representing the…

  • Villa Palagonia’s Strange Beautiful

    Statue, Villa Palagonia, Bagheria: Half-man-half-animal playing some kind of flute. 18th century Baroque.

  • Beautiful Tarantella Dancer

    This marble depiction of a tarantella dancer takes my breath away. It’s housed behind velvet ropes (that didn’t stop me!) in the Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo, and that’s really all I know about it. She exudes beauty and emotion.   

  • How about a Little Guitar?

    The fellow depicted in this statue on the outer wall of Bagheria’s Villa Palagonia is one of a series of statues of musicians based on engravings from Filippo Bonanni’s 18th century collection “Gabinetto Armonico.” He is playing a chitarrino, or small Italian guitar. The chitarrino had 4 or 6 strings and was played in southern…

  • The outlandish statues that flank Villa Palagonia may be a Baroque era procession representing our various egos. Etching by my cousin, artist Franca Giammanco. #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #palermo #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #bagheria #villapalagonia #villadeimostri #siciliaph #statue #statua #etching #acquaforte