Palermo geologist Pietro Todaro, author of the book "Il Sottosuolo di Palermo" (Palermo Underground) took time out from his busy schedule to show me a qanat and sirocco room in the zone of Baida in Palermo, Villa Savagnone 13 october 2012. The property was once the fiefdom of a mafioso boss who was killed by a rival clan. The government then gave the land and its precious, ancient spring to the Boy Scouts, who care for it.
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