This is why I love to roam the back streets of Palermo -- you find streets like this in the historic center. It had been a dump but now it's cleaned up, and somebody started a little garden there. From the Facebok group I Monumenti Abbandonati di Palermo, a group which also meets physically Read More
Sicily
New Year's Day, Palermo 1934
January 2, 2016
Here's a short, silent home movie of Palermo in the thirties. It shows the Liberty gem Villa Deliella, (02:27 behind palms) destroyed in a night in the 1950s by the mafia to make way for a high rise, now the site of a car wash. Its absence breaks the hearts of Palermitans.
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Monreale cathedral mosaics by drone
December 27, 2015
I hope the full, longer version has many more close-ups than this 1.5-minute clip does.
Palermo cathedral this Christmas
December 21, 2015
Away from the hustle and bustle of shopping, Pietro Cancelliere captured the Christmas beauty of the Cathedral at night.
Into the Night
September 8, 2015
Again, because it is so beautiful, and maybe you missed it the first time.