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 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 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, […]
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. […]
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 […]