(visitsicily.info) Sicily and the cinema have a really strong bond. This land has given to the Seventh Art a perfect setting for numerous stories, many of which are nowadays considered absolute masterpieces. On one hand, the rich literary tradition – Pirandello, Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sciascia, De
Despite the fact that he is the classic “man who needs no introduction”, Riccardo Cotarella will, nonetheless, will receive one here: president of the Association of the Italian Oenologists and co-president of the International Union of Oenologists, he graduated from the Oenological School of Conegliano
The Tre Bicchieri® World Tour is the main series of events dedicated to presenting the best Italian wines. Launched in 1988, along with the first Gambero Rosso guide to Italian wine, Vini d’italia, it has been expanding in recent years. Today the TreBicchieri World Tour reaches not
Palermo 1995. In a shootout at the market a boy dies and another is mortally wounded. A police inspector whose wife is obsessed by the kidnapping of young Giuseppe Di Matteo, investigates the case. But not everything is what it seems…This is a psychological thriller
“Strat’a foglia” is an old food market in the San Rocco quarter of the city; it was originally a spot for the trading of wild and bitter herbs carried out by members of an association known as fogliamara (“the biter leaves”). Marco Calabrese is the young
A family saga, as told by the recently deceased matriarch, Maria. The complex, multi-facetd story of her ancestry and her five sons, who are convening at the family mansion to celebrate her birthday, and haven’t been notified about her death yet. The chapters are broken
One of the world’s largest and most interesting mosaic covered surfaces can be admired in the Cathedral of Monreale, a city located near Palermo in Sicily. Financed and created by the Norman-Sicilian king William II, called “Il Buono” (the Good), the artistic area that we
Open since 1992 in Piazza Armerina and not far from Villa Romana del Casale, the Al Fogher Restaurant was created utilizing an old house, no longer in use, used by the signaling personnel of the railroad line from Dittaino to Caltagirone. The warm atmosphere and
An extraordinary organ has come back to life. This is a story with a happy end which began in June of 2015. A lightning bolt struck the tower above the apse of the cathedral of Monreale. A few tiles of the mosaic of Christ Pantocrator
Terra Madre Day is Slow Food’s annual day to promote the diversity of food traditions and production, and show how our network is using its creativity and knowledge to express our love for the planet and defend the future for the next generations. Since 2009, each year