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 Sicily
A door open to the sea -
Photo (c)
Luciana Coletti -*Elle*
Do you want to learn about
Greece? So come to Sicily. It is a paradox, for sure, but only to a certain
extent. The Greek cities of Sicily (Agrigento, Selinunte,
Segesta, Syracuse, to mention the most important) were among the most
beautiful of the Hellenic world.
Nowadays, to visit the Valley of Temples at
Agrigento or to watch a summer performance in the great Greek Theatre of
Syracuse is to plunge yourself into the remote Hellenic past.
And this is also
true in Sicily for many other historical eras and civilizations, from the
Spanish to the French. With the sole exception of Arab rule, that has left
scarce physical testimony.
 Sicily is a book of history and art history, a
compendium of the greatest civilizations and cultures of all time. A sunny
island whose landscape is rich in contrasts, with a splendid coastline and a
refined, delicious and varied cuisine of traditional flavors and exquisite
aromas: the quintessence of Mediterranean culture, yet also dense with
intellectual complexity and refinement, so well represented by the literary
masterpieces of Luigi Pirandello, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa,
Leonardo Sciascia, Gesualdo Bufalino and today, Andrea Camilleri.
Every style, every movement in art is richly represented in Sicily. In cities
like Palermo, Catania,
Caltanissetta,
Enna,
Syracuse, Ragusa,
Trapani,
Agrigento, and
Messina, and in small towns, like
Cefalù,
clustered around its Norman cathedral, or Noto, with its extraordinary
Baroque cathedral, or Taormina, with its splendid Greco-Roman theatre.
By
ENIT Official Website
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