May 25
A Punic amphora of the Maña D type from the III sec. A.C., numerous other fragments of Greek-Italic amphorae dating back to the third century. A.C.. and ceramic fragments were recovered in the stretch of sea between the Trapani coast and the island of Favignana. The discovery by the Superintendence of the Sea of the Sicilian Region occurred following …
Apr 10
A book that cannot be missed for lovers of Favignanese and Sicilian history as well as that of Sicilian liberty style “The age of the Florio family” by Sellerio Editore (1985). https://sellerio.it/it/catalogo/Eta-Florio/Giuffrida-Lentini/11337 In the almost 300 large format pages, in addition to the splendid period photos, a widespread reconstruction of the adventure of this large family that has changed history …
Feb 01
There was a time when art and architecture had a very important role internationally in Sicily and elsewhere. It is not a time so long ago. That time was the 800 Sicilian, and in this respect the architect and engineer Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda was for Palermo and Sicily a terrific culmination. The projects of the …
May 03
10 March 241 A.C.. Sicily became a land "Western" After more than twenty years of naval and land battles, the Battle of the Egadi Islands marks the culmination of the first Punic War. Carthaginian is forced to sue for peace and permanently abandon Sicily. And the 10 March 241 A.C., a momentous day for the …
Apr 29
Giorgio De Simone The marine biologist Paolo Balistreri explains what is “Aliens in the sea”, a project participated in science and culture that will last for two years and consists of the collection of data on a group of 19 alien species, plant and animal, in Sicilian waters including those of small islands …
Oct 19
Favignana 3-4 November, Florio Energy, water, sustainable mobility, trash, agriculture and tourism beds in a circular economy that key enlarged from islands. These are the themes of the fourth edition of The Greening Islands International Conference to be held in the Favignana 3 e 4 November, at the Florio factory, the old trap of the island. The conference …
Sep 05
When I told this strange discovery I wondered why in the guide books do not talk about enough. Yet these systems from Roman times discovered in Levanzo in the late '70s of the last century are very interesting because located in a beautiful place both from a naturalistic point of view mainly archeological. …
Aug 27
The rock of Favignana from the sea are expressions of man's work, high hand-carved cliffs, whole inner areas dug in in a manner orthogonal random order, Eaves sometimes pyramidal. They are the ancient Cave di Tufo shelly Favignana today a destination for curious tourists and scholars careful. But why did so many quarries Favignana ? …
Aug 23
A postmark for the 4th edition of the literary review "The other tide – Approdi copyright to the Tonnara Florio Favignana ", edited by the journalist and writer Giacomo Pilati, and whose last meeting was held on Friday 25 August beginning at 21.30 former Florio. The cultural project, promoted by the City Council, that revolves around …
Aug 17
On the occasion of the 4th year of dall'avvistamento 3 specimens of sperm whales sighted between Marettimo and Favignana is the extraordinary public guide to those who spotted and documented them ! EGADI ISLANDS, 18 AUGUST 2013 Yesterday afternoon, (17 August n.d.r.) , They were spotted three large cetaceans in the waters between Marettimo and Favignana (archipelago …
