Jun 11
During a hunting trip on the prairie between Levanzo and Favignana a group of humans approaches a deer that will be bordered by unaware in a small mirror of water. Suddenly a flock of birds gets up in flight; The deer escapes abruptly in the opposite direction, A jump stands out and shaded fortunately …
Jun 11
The island of Marettimo is located in a strategic point of the Mediterranean, where many civilizations have passed from. Some have left obvious traces, others instead wait to be discovered. It is the highest island full of vegetation of the Egadi archipelago in the province of Trapani. Polybius calls her in Greek will have nèsos, the sacred island, while in the Antonini itinerary …
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 …
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 …
Aug 11
Rome and Carthage: the battle of the Egadi from the history books to research on the seabed The battle of the Egadi And 'the 10 March 241 A.C., a momentous day for Sicily, the time when Sicily became a land "Western" where stands already austere physiognomy of Rome. The battle is one of the Egadi …
