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The Sicilian puppet theatre is one of Sicily's greatest traditional art forms, the cultural importance of this art form was recognized by Unesco in 2001.

The Sicilian Puppet theater

Pubblicato il 9 Febbraio 20209 Febbraio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Art & culture, Historical facts

The Sicilian puppet theatre is one of Sicily’s greatest traditional art forms; the cultural importance of this art form was recognized by Unesco in 2001, when it was included on the World Heritage list. The “Puppets” are not controlled by […]

The Aci Trezza is a picturesque fishing village,which was also the setting for Giovanni Verga's Novel I Malavoglia as well as for Luchino Visconti..

Aci Trezza and “I Malavoglia”

Pubblicato il 21 Gennaio 202021 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Historical facts, Landscaping & Sites, Towns & Architecture

The town of Aci Trezza is a picturesque fishing village, part of Aci Castello, which was also the setting for Giovanni Verga’s Novel I Malavoglia as well as for Luchino Visconti‘s film adaptation, La Terra Trema. The small harbour faces […]

The most striking aspect of the history of Sicily Even the Sicani, Elymi and Siculi..

History of Sicily

Pubblicato il 29 Dicembre 201931 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Art & culture, Historical facts

The most striking aspect of the history of Sicily is the enormous influence of all the different people who have colonized the Island. Even the Sicani, Elymi and Siculi, the first populations to leave traces of their cultures in Sicily, […]

Taormina Greek theatre

Classical Theatre in Sicily

Pubblicato il 28 Dicembre 201915 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Art & culture, Historical facts

Ancient classical Theatre in Sicily can boast a great genius as its adoptive father, since Aeschylus (525 – 456), who is regarded as inventor as Greek tragedy, spent long periods in Sicily and died here. A number of his works […]

In at least two significant periods, artists and scientists played a leading role in the long eventful history of Sicily. The outstanding figure was Archimedes, born in Syracuse in 287 BC and on intimate terms with the ruler Hieron II. Thanks to the ingenious machines of war he invented, the city was able to resist Roman siege for three years

Artists and Scientists

Pubblicato il 27 Dicembre 201915 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Art & culture, Historical facts

In at least two significant periods, artists and scientists played a leading role in the long eventful history of Sicily. The outstanding figure was Archimedes, born in Syracuse in 287 BC and on intimate terms with the ruler Hieron II. […]

Sicilian Literature, Pirandello

Sicilian Literature

Pubblicato il 26 Dicembre 201915 Gennaio 2020 LucaLascia un commentoPubblicato in Art & culture, Historical facts

In the history of Sicilian art and Literature there have been periods of tremendous creativity and others when little of note was produced, the 13th-century Sicilian school of lyric poetry, 19th-century verismo or realism and Luigi Pirandello‘s novels and plays […]

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