San Vito Lo Capo e la Riserva dello Zingaro | Le spiagge più belle | Sicilia | Cinematic 4k
Sono stato in vacanza a San Vito Lo Capo e ne ho approfittato per farne un video su alcune delle spiagge più belle (a mio parere) comprese quelle situate nella vicina Riserva dello Zingaro. Non ho avuto il tempo di visitarle tutte quindi mi scuso se dovesse mancare qualche spiaggia.
Sicuramente consiglio di visitare la vicina Riserva dello Zingaro, le cui calette si possono visitare o a piedi oppure via mare affittando un gommone o tramite un viaggio organizzato in barca.
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Catania
The Sensational Sicily Series of Films presented by Alessandro Sorbello showcase one of the most beautiful regions on earth, rich in history, Sicily formed part of the cradle of civilization. This project is born from a collaboration between the Region of Sicily The Italian Chamber of Commerce, New Realm Media and Alessandro Sorbello Productions.
Profile of Catania (Greek: Κατάνη -- Katánē; Latin: Catana and Catina; Arabic: Balad-al-Fil or Medinat-al-Fil, Wadi Musa and Qataniyah) is the second-largest city of Sicily, southern Italy, and is the capital of the province which bears its name.
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With some 306,000 inhabitants (750,000 in the metropolitan area) it has the second highest population density on the island. The city's patron saint is Saint Agatha. Catania is located on the east coast of the island, halfway between Messina and Siracusa and is at the foot of the active volcano Mount Etna.
History and Foundation
All ancient authors agree in representing Catania as a Greek colony named Κατάνη
(Katánē—see also List of traditional Greek place names) of Chalcidic origin, but founded immediately from the neighboring city of Naxos, under the guidance of a leader named Euarchos (Euarchus). The exact date of its foundation is not recorded, but it appears from Thucydides to have followed shortly after that of Leontini (modern Lentini), which he places in the fifth year after Syracuse, or 730 BCE. (Thuc. vi. 3; Strabo vi. p. 268; Scymn. Ch. 286; Scyl. § 13; Steph. B. s. v.)
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The only event of its early history which has been transmitted to us is the legislation of Charondas, and even of this the date is wholly uncertain.
But from the fact that his legislation was extended to the other Chalcidic cities, not only of Sicily, but of Magna Graecia also, as well as to his own country (Arist., Pol. ii. 9), it is evident that Catania
continued in intimate relations with these kindred cities. It seems to have retained
its independence till the time of Hieron of Syracuse, but that despot, in 476 BCE, expelled all the original inhabitants, whom he established at Leontini, while he repeopled the city with a new body of colonists, amounting, it is said, to not less than 10,000 in number, and consisting partly of Syracusans, partly of Peloponnesians.
He at the same time changed its name to Αἴτνη (Aítnē, Aetna or Ætna, after the nearby volcano), and caused himself to be proclaimed the Oekist or founder of the new city. As such he was celebrated by Pindar, and after his death obtained heroic honors from the citizens of his new colony. (Diod. xi. 49, in 66; Strab. l.c.; Pind. Pyth. i., and Schol. ad loc.)
But this state of things was of brief duration, and a few years after the death of Hieron and the expulsion of Thrasybulus, the Syracusans combined with Ducetius, king of the Siculi, to expel the newly settled inhabitants of Catania, who were compelled to retire to the fortress of Inessa (to which they gave the name of Aetna), while the old Chalcidic citizens were reinstated in the possession of Catania
, 461 BCE. (Diod. xi. 76; Strab. l. c.)
The period which followed the settlement of affairs at this epoch appears to have been one of great prosperity for Catania, as well as for the Sicilian cities in general: but we have no details of its history till the great Athenian expedition to Sicily (part of the larger Peloponnesian War).
On that occasion the Catanaeans, notwithstanding their Chalcidic connections, at first refused to receive the Athenians into their city: but the latter having effected an entrance, they found themselves compelled to espouse the alliance of the invaders, and Catania became in consequence the headquarters of
the Athenian armament throughout the first year of the expedition, and the base of their subsequent operations against Syracuse. (Thuc. vi. 50-52, 63, 71, 89; Diod. xiii. 4, 6, 7; Plut. Nic. 15, 16.)
We have no information as to the fate of Catania after the close of this expedition:
it is next mentioned in 403 BCE, when it fell into the power of Dionysius I of Syracuse, who sold the inhabitants as slaves, and gave up the city to plunder; after which he established there a body of Campanian mercenaries. These, however, quitted it again in 396 BCE, and retired to Aetna, on the approach of the great Carthaginian armament under Himilco and Mago. The great sea-fight in which the latter defeated Leptines, the brother of Dionysius, was fought immediately off Catania, and the city apparently fell, in consequence, into the hands of the Carthaginians. (Diod. xiv. 15, 58, 60.)
But we have no account of its subsequent fortunes, nor does it appear who constituted its new population; it is only
certain that it continued to exist. Callippus, the assassin of Dion, when he was expelled from Syracuse, for a time held possession of Catania (Plut. Dion. 58); and when Timoleon landed in Sicily we find it subject to a despot named Mamercus, who at first joined the Corinthian leader but afterwards abandoned his alliance for that of the Carthaginians, and was in consequence attacked and expelled by Timoleon. (Diod. xvi. 69; Plut. Timol. 13, 30-34.) Catania was now restored to liberty, and appears to have continued to retain its independence; during the wars of Agathocles with the Carthaginians, it sided at one time with the former, at others with the latter; and when Pyrrhus landed in Sicily, Catania was the first to open its gates to him, and received him with the greatest magnificence. (Diod. xix. 110, xxii. 8, Exc. Hoesch. p. 496.)
Roman rule
In the First Punic War, Catania was one of the first among the cities of Sicily,
which made their submission to the Romans, after the first successes of their arms in 263 BCE. (Eutrop. ii. 19.) The expression of Pliny (vii. 60) who represents it as having been taken by Valerius Messala, is certainly a mistake.
It appears to have continued afterwards steadily to maintain its friendly relations with Rome, and though it did not enjoy the advantages of a confederate city (foederata civitas), like its neighbors Tauromenium (modern Taormina and Messana (modern Messina), it rose to a position of great prosperity under the Roman rule. Cicero repeatedly mentions it as, in his time, a wealthy and flourishing city; it retained its ancient municipal institutions, its chief magistrate bearing the title of Proagorus; and appears to have been one of the principal ports of Sicily for the export of corn. (Cic. Verr. iii. 4. 3, 83, iv. 23, 45; Liv. xxvii. 8.)
It subsequently suffered severely from the ravages of Sextus Pompeius, and was in consequence one of the cities to which a colony was sent by Augustus; a measure that appears to have in a great degree restored its prosperity, so that in Strabo's time it was one of the few cities in the island that was in a flourishing condition (Strab. vi. pp. 268, 270, 272; Dion Cass. iv. 7.)
It retained its colonial rank, as well as its prosperity, throughout the period of the Roman Empire; so that in the fourth century Ausonius in his Ordo Nobilium Urbium, notices Catania and Syracuse
alone among the cities of Sicily. (Plin. iii. 8. s. 14; Ptol. iii. 4. § 9; Itin. Ant. pp. 87,90, 93, 94).
After the fall of the Roman Empire
In 535, Catania was recovered by Belisarius from the Goths, and became again, under
the rule of the Byzantine Empire, one of the most important cities of the island. (Procop. B. G. i. 5.). It was extensively destroyed by earthquakes in 1169 and 1693 and by lava flows which ran over and around it into the sea.
The first Sicilian university was founded there in 1434.
Locational significance
The position of Catania at the foot of Mount Etna was the source, as Strabo remarks, both of benefits and evils to the city. For on the one hand, the violent outbursts of the volcano from time to time
desolated great parts of its territory; on the other, the volcanic ashes produced a soil of great fertility, adapted especially for the growth of vines. (Strab. vi. p. 269.)
One of the most serious calamities of the former class was the eruption of 121 BCE, when great part of its territory was overwhelmed by streams of lava, and the hot ashes fell in such quantities in the city itself, as to break in the roofs of the houses. Catania was in consequence exempted, for 10 years, from its usual contributions to the Roman state. (Oros. v. 13.)
The greater part of the broad tract of plain to the southwest of Catania (now called the Piano di Catania, a district of great fertility), appears to have belonged, in ancient times, to Leontini or Centuripa (modern Centuripe), but that portion of it between Catana itself and the mouth of the Symaethus, was annexed to the territory of the latter city, and must have furnished abundant supplies of corn.
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Arrasada hasta en 7 ocasiones por fuertes terremotos y erupciones volcánicas por estar situada a los pies del volcán Etna, es la segunda de las ciudades más importantes de Sicilia después de Palermo.
Hogar de multitud de pueblos desde que los griegos llegasen por primera vez a la isla, en sus calles conviven construcciones romanas, bizantinas, árabes e incluso aragonesas.
Esta ciudad plagada de pequeñas iglesias, y con la Universidad más importante del país, oculta entre sus calles multitud de emotivas historias populares y rincones curiosos ¡Benvenuti a Catania!
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CIMITERO antico di Piazza Armerina (EN) | Ancient cemetery #sicilia #travel #abandonedplaces
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Oggi visitiamo assieme il cimitero antico della città di Piazza Armerina, in provincia di Enna.
Il cimitero si trova alla periferia della città, in contrada Ramaldo. Esso è memore della presenza di sepolture antiche ma abbandonate, molte delle quali ormai senza più identità.
Accanto al cimitero si trova la seicentesca Chiesa di S.Maria di Gesù. Presenta un prospetto ad archi e il tetto rustico a coppi siciliani; per il resto, tutto ciò che rimane della parte posteriore dell’edificio sono solo le mura perimetrali riempite da una folta e rigogliosa vegetazione. La chiesa fa parte dell’omonimo convento francescano affiancato dal vecchio cimitero. I Frati Minori Osservanti Mendici lo abitarono dopo averlo edificato nel 1418 laddove sorgevano i resti di un antico villaggio di epoca romana. Si dice che il suo interno preserverebbe ancora i resti del Beato Frate Innocenzo Milazzo, arrivato a Piazza Armerina da Santa Lucia del Mela.
Nell’ampio spiazzale innanzi la Chiesa si trova una croce in pietra arenaria su un alto basamento in mattoni riportante la data:1662.
Citazione: Il cimitero è un osservatorio privilegiato dell’insaziabile vanità umana, perché vi si vede, a leggere certe lapidi, che essa scavalca la cenere e la polvere, proiettando titoli e meriti e vanti, oltre l’ultima, derisoria frontiera.
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Today we visit together the ancient cemetery of the city of Piazza Armerina (Enna).
The cemetery is located on the outskirts of the city. It is reminiscent of the presence of ancient but abandoned burials, many of which no longer have identities.
Next to the cemetery is the seventeenth-century Church of S. Maria di Gesù. It has an arched façade and a rustic Sicilian roof; for the rest, all that remains of the rear of the building are only the perimeter walls filled with vegetation. The church is part of the homonymous Franciscan convent . The Observant Mendici Minor Friars lived there after having built it in 1418 on the remains of an ancient Roman village. Man said that its interior would still preserve the remains of the Blessed Friar Innocenzo Milazzo, who arrived in Piazza Armerina from Santa Lucia del Mela.
In the large open space in front of the church there is a sandstone cross on a high brick base bearing the date: 1662.
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Caltagirone in Sicily
Caltagirone in Sensational Sicily is presented by Alessandro Sorbello A town and comune in the province of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, about 70 km southwest of Catania . It is bounded by the comuni of Acate, Gela, Grammichele, Licodia Eubea, Mazzarino, Mazzarrone, Mineo, Mirabella Imbaccari, Niscemi, Piazza Armerina, San Michele di Ganzaria.
The famous decorated staircase of Caltagirone.The city has been long famous for the production of pottery and terra-cotta wares. Nowadays the production is more and more oriented to artistic production of ceramics and terra-cotta sculptures. Other activities are mainly related to agriculture (production of grapes, olives, peaches).
History
The city's name derives from the Arabic qal'at-al-ganom (Castle of the Genies). It was inhabited since pre-historical times, as attested by the presence of two necropolis dating from the second millenium BCE and by numerous other archaeological findings. It was later inhabited by the Sicels pre-Roman population.
The Arabs built here a castle, which in 1030 was attacked by Ligurian troops under the Byzantine general George Maniakes, and which have left traces of Ligurian language in the current dialect. The city flourished under the Norman and Hohenstaufen domination, becoming a renowned center for production of ceramics.
The city was almost completely destroyed by the severe earthquake of 1693. Many public and private buildings have then been reconstructed in Baroque style. Primarily for this reason, the city has been inserted, together with the surrounding territory in an area protected by the UNESCO World Heritage program.
Main sights
A collection of ancient and modern pottery and terra-cotta, dating back to the Magna Grecia period, is available in the local Museum of Pottery, created in 1965.
The main landmark of the city is the 142-step monumental Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte, built from 1608 in the old part of the town. The peculiarity is that each step is decorated with different hand-decorated ceramics, using styles and figures derived from the millennial tradition of pottery making. Once a year, on and around the day of the city's patron saint, (St. James, 25 July), the staircase is illuminated with candles of different colours arranged in order to reconstruct an artistic drawing of several tens of meters.
Religious buildings include:
The Cathedral of St. Julian, of Norman origin, with a twentieth-century art nouveau façade by Saverio Gulli.
The Baroque church of San Francesco di Paola. The sacristy is in Gothic style, dating from before the 1693 earthquake.
San Francesco d'Assisi, edified in 1236 and rebuilt in Baroque style after 1693. The façade has two orders with marine symbols and a statue of the Immaculate. The dome is unfinished.
Church of the Gesù (1570). The façade has eight statues portraying saints and the Madonna with Child. The interior, one a single nave, houses a Pietà by Filippo Paladino (1607) and Christ's Nativity by Polidoro da Caravaggio.
Santa Maria del Monte (twelfth century).
The Renaissance Church of the New Capuchins, in white stone, with a noteworthy treasure and a picture gallery.
St. James.
Also noteworthy is the Palazzo Senatorio (fifteenth century), the former Town Hall.
Appunti di Viaggio #3 - Linguaglossa
Con la tappa di oggi continua il nostro appuntamento con la rubrica Appunti di Viaggio, un #tour nei #borghi più caratteristici della #Sicilia per far conoscere le #eccellenze ambientali ed imprenditoriali del nostro territorio, e scoprire l’impatto che ha avuto l’epidemia sulle popolazioni locali.
Questa terza puntata del format targato #HashtagSicilia ci porta a
#Linguaglossa, un antico #borgo alle pendici dell’#Etna di poco più di 5mila abitanti; famoso per le varie Spa che ospita, e per la stazione Sciistica di
Piano Provenzana – l’unico posto al mondo nel quale si può osservare il mar ionio… sciando!
Linguaglossa dimostra di esser un paese indissolubilmente legato all’Etna, ed intriso di #cultura siciliana.
Ma se la #storia, il #folklore, le ricchezze del luogo rimangono, a mancare adesso – per via del periodo di pandemia – è chi dovrebbe poter avere la possibilità di ammirarle ed assaporarle in prima persona, possibilmente sul posto!
In un contesto del genere ci sono però realtà che si sono fatte in qualche modo “portavoci” di queste ricchezze, e che continuano, nonostante le difficoltà del periodo – e chiaramente seguendo tutti i protocolli – la loro missione di portarle a quante più persone possibili.
Un esempio di ciò è rappresentato dall’#azienda Bio Italy Nature un’#eccellenza del #territorio nel campo della lavorazione della frutta secca, che ha la sua sede operativa proprio a Linguaglossa.
Qui nel regno delle #nocciole, delle mandorle, delle noci e del celeberrimo Pistacchio di Bronte abbiamo ascoltato i figli del titolare, il dottor Salvatore Comodo.
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2009/10/09 This is a classical italian restaurant in Catania city in Siciliy Island, Italy.
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L'estate a Maiorca, vacanza da sogno con la NOVASOL
Un soggiorno in una delle case per le vacanze a Mallorca della NOVASOL vi offrirà la possibilità di scoprire uno dei paesaggi più belli del Mar Mediterraneo. Prenotando una casa per le vacanze a Palma della NOVASOL avrete la possibilità di visitare la città ma anche tutte le attrazioni dell’Isola che saranno così facilmente raggiungibili. Potrete visitare graziosi villaggi e bellissime montagne in “Serra de Tramuntana” oppure rilassarvi in una delle tante spiagge. L’isola saprà soddisfare anche gli amanti delle vacanze culturali con visite ai villaggi dei pescatori o villaggi artistici. Potrete visitare città storiche come Alcudia e Pollenca con testimonianze romaniche e moresche da scoprire. Potrete inoltre gustare la deliziosa cucina locale in uno dei tanti ristoranti o se preferite l’atmosfera privata cucinare dei pasti invitanti direttamente nella cucinanel vostro appartamento per vacanze a Mallorca della NOVASOL. Prenota subito la tua casa per le vacanze a Mallorca!!! Novasol website:
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Il Merletto a tombolo - The Offida's Bobbin Lace (manortiz)
Traditional handmade bobbin lace has been made for centuries in Le Marche, and most notably in a beautiful medieval village called Offida, a lovely medieval village just two hills from home.
Fortunately today there are still women who make this beautiful art, and you can visit them and buy pieces of lace. It’s a dying art form as it’s so labor intensive, but once you see and feel real handmade lace, you’ll have a deep appreciation for the craft.
Here’s a little video I made featuring Rosa, an amazing lace maker and the mother of 2 men who own one of our favorite fish restaurants on the coast: Don Diego
Bobbin lace (also called bone or pillow lace) takes its name from the way it is made: on a firm pillow (once filled with straw) to which a pattern is tacked and each twist of the bobbins is held in place by a pin.
We know that by the mid 1500′s bobbin lacemaking was known in both Venice and Flanders, yet it’s unknown as to exactly when and where it began. It soon became fashionable throughout Europe. Because of the many hours of labor required to produce lace, it was worn as a sign of wealth and prosperity by the upper and also the middle classes.
In the 17-19th centuries there was a huge demand for lace, and to meet that demand many women became lace-makers. Bobbin lace has always been a cottage industry, allowing woman to earn their own money and create their own dowries.
Lace schools for village girls were founded by noblewomen, their patronage being paid for in lace.
Children started in these schools at about age five. They worked from dawn until dusk, often in crowded, unventilated rooms with the most primitive of sanitary facilities.
The people who spun the very fine thread (usually linen) that was used for lace making had to work in dark damp basements lit only by a small hole in the shutters to light the spinning wheel. This is because the fine thread would break if it dried out.I can only imagine just how miserable it was.
Today of course, woman work in well lit, heated areas (usually their homes) and also in the open piazzas, grouping together for company, work and woman talk