Feb 06
Good morning with the first hints of spring Favignana, here the IRIS Planifolia paths between Favignana, one of endemic species present among the first to bloom, as it is about to burst their lives in the Mediterranean… Photo © Giorgio De Simone Iris planifolia (Miller) Flowers & Paoletti – Giaggiolo bulboso [Iridaceae] Without.: Xiphion planifolia Miller; Iris tools …
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 …
Jun 07
Tuesday 5 June 2018, the presence of all the authorities and environmental groups that collaborate to the First Aid Center Management of Marine Turtles of the Egadi, is a new restaurant was opened housing the tanks where turtles are placed in the center present. Soon it will be realized, the same site, a …
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 23
Good afternoon of October from Favignana, of immeasurable beauty glimpses from the Bue Marino Coast. Photos courtesy of © Paolo Balistreri
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 26
Good evening from Marsala: sunset on the Egadi from the salt marshes of the Lagoon of Marsala, where ferries leave for the island of San Pantaleo or Motya part of the Archipelago of the Egadi Islands Photo © Giorgio De Simone
Sep 18
Good morning from Favignana: a beautiful specimen of Herring Gulls Yellowlegs or Mediterranean Royal Gull about to take flight to Punta Lunga, Step into town scindo. Photo © Giorgio De Simone
Sep 15
Good afternoon from Marettimo, a glimpse of life with all the warm colors of our fantastic Mediterranean Photo @Giorgio De Simone
