Ancient Greece in Sicily – Akragas (Agrigento)
Akragas – Agrigento Around 580 BC, the wealthy colony of Gela in the south of the island began trading their crops to the west, to the Sicani, Elymian and the …
Ancient Greece in Sicily – Segesta vs. Selinunte
The colonization of Sicily in the 8th century BC pretty much kept the Greeks to the East and the Carthaginians to the West, but by the 7th century BC the …
Ancient Greece in Sicily – Syracuse
Sicily is the melting pot of Italy, a cultural mélange that has taken over 10,000 years to create. From around the 9th millennium BC till around 1200 BC the island …
2009 – Sicily; Siracusa, Noto, Ragusa, Etna, Catania, Taormina
Ah Sicilia; home the gods, a melting pot of civilizations, warm hospitality, amazing food and wine and really bad drivers. Homer referred to Sicily as Thrinakia in the Odyssey. This …
2006 – Western Sicily; Palermo and the ruins of Magna Grecia
Ferragosto The Italian holiday of Ferragosto commemorates the 15th of August, when the Virgin Mary ascended, body and soul, into heavenly glory. With regard to the timely co-incidence of Christian …
2003 – Sicily; Mt Etna, i Ciclopi, Piazza Armerina, Enna, Siracusa, Taormina
Amalfi Coast – July 4 With a good map, it’s pretty easy to drive the streets of Rome. We ventured south, along the old Appian Way, reflecting on the history of …
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