La spedizione siciliana 2.0

Italian 3008 – Spring 2018 – Professors Barbara Weiden Boyd and Davida Gavioli

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March 12.

March 25, 2018 By Cooper Hemphill

This tombstone found in La Zisa in Palermo is an excellent physical representation of the continuous conquests of the island of Sicily. Here the inscription is written in four languages: Arabic, Greek, Latin and Hebrew. This stone gives a great example of how when Sicily was conquered the past was not forgotten, but rather incorporated into the new society of the time.

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March 11.

March 25, 2018 By Cooper Hemphill

On day one in Palermo we happened upon this beautiful fountain in the Palazzo Pretorio in Palermo. The fountain is thoroughly decorated with statues of human and animal figures and is located just outside of one of the governmental buildings of Palermo. Here is a statute I found particularly interesting; though unlabeled it appears to be a depiction of Hercules and the Hydra.

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March 25, 2018 By Francesco Pappalardo

Qui si vede la fontana alla Piazza Pretoria. La fontana contiene delle figure della mitologia classica. Le figure sono completamente nude, il che era un problema per alcune persone della città perché non sono abbastanza modeste. Inoltre, questa piazza è la sede del governo palermitano, dove si trova il sindaco della città.

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March 25, 2018 By Francesco Pappalardo

Abbiamo visitato il palazzo di Lampedusa. A Lampedusa non è piaciuto questo palazzo sebbene la vista dal palazzo è veramente fantastica. Il suo palazzo originale è stato rovinato durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Dentro il palazzo si trovano la coppia originale di Il Gattopardo e la collezione dei libri di Lampedusa.

Inoltre, le nostre guide ci hanno detto che si può cucinare e mangiare con la duchessa di Lampedusa per solo €180. Che fortuna!

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Mount Etna

March 25, 2018 By Sarah Austin

On our last day in Sicily, we visited Mount Etna, an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily in Catania. As the mountain grew steeper there was fewer vegetation and more ashes and sand. Although we did not summit the mountain, it was very cold and windy at our stop point. The views of Catania below were breathtaking, as well as those looking up the mountain (photo above). After Etna, we visited the rocks of the cyclops in Aci Trezza. According to the legend, these rocks, which sit in the water on the coast of Catania, were thrown by the cyclops to express his rage against Odysseus, from Homer’s Odyssey.

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