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The Sicily symbol of the three promontories : Cape Peloro at Messina, Cape Boeo at Marsala, and Cape Passero, seductive Trinakria in the midst of the Mediterranean Sea surrounded by islands and bridged between Africa and Europe. The image is the lower Siciliy infilled with Taormina Theatre.
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| Album: Day 1 @ Monreale
Monreale, a lively suburb 8km from the capital Palermo, presents the visitors with its narrow streets and square piazzas, pastry shops and small restaurants and endless souvenir shops. The vital lymph of Monreale are the many tourists who come every year to visit its superb Cathedral, a affirmation of Norman power, where Carmen and I were of no exception and paid a visit ...
Changed: Dec 01, 2006.
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| Album: Day 1 @ Segesta
Ambitious Segesta in the 5th century BC was at the apex of its wealth and power and permeated with Greek customs and culture. But Segesta always bickering over boundaries with its rival Selinunte, ally of Syracuse. Segesta, ally with the Carthaginians, was destroyed at the end of the 4th century BC by Syracuse. Afterwards with the Romans, in virtue of their affinity and relationship with Elimi, Segesta once became a city "libera et immunis". Today, a theatre and a temple on the bare hill of Monte Barbaro, are all that remain of Segesta
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Album: Day 2 @ Castelvetrano (Selinute)
Selinunte is one of the largest archaeological parks in Europe. Here the Greeks, who founded it in 628 BC, raised 9 Doric architectural temples to their gods. The city took its name from the two rivers Hipsa and Selinus (ie wild parsley)
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| Album: Day 3 @ Agrigento & Realmonte
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| Album: Day 4 @ Syracuse
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| Album: Day 5 @ Linguaglossa & Taormina
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Album: Day 6 @ Alcantara & Mount Etna
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| Album: Day 7 @ Cefalu
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| Album: Day 8 @ Palermo
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| Album: C&K @ Sicily
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Album: Accommodation @ Sicily
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| Album: Food @ Sicily
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