Text and Direction Giovanni Montanti
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Rising on the slopes of a hill 500 meters high, encircled from extended arboreal spots, Mezzojuso jealuosly conserve its history and its culture characterized by the perfect harmony of two spirits, the Latin and the Albanian one.
The social integration between the two ethnic groups favoured the rising of churches, monasteries, convents and the production of an artistic patrimony that reaches the best expression in the production of holy icons.
Sicilian and Albanian people participate togheter to the Greek celebrations of San Nicolò of Mira, to Epiphany and to Holy Friday, as well as to those Latins of San Giuseppe and of the Holy Thursday, and to the collective pantomima of the "Mastro di Campo (Field Master) during Carnival. By this collective participation they helps to survive cults and traditions otherwise destined to disappear.
Landscape, atmosphere, archaeological sites, architecture, works of art, popular traditions, all of the above would be empty expressions of nature and man if all people of Mezzojuso, regardless to the language spoke in origin, had forgot to defend these values, thus making them eternal.
Author: Salvatore Quattrocchi
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Palermo and the 80 municipalities of its province
Several pages with a lot of great pictures are dedicated to each town, illustrating the town, its history, the most intersting places to see, the monuments.
A list of useful information like Hotels and other receptive structures completes the description of each town.
The books also offers great pages about the naturalistic resources of the privince of Palermo, like those dedicated to the Madonie`s Park and the Forest of Ficuzza.
Author: Salvatore Quattrocchi
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The province of Palermo and all of its municipalities
The town and places files contain or link to photos taken in those locations. Descriptions of local festivals are included the files for some towns.
A first section is devoted to the Chief Town of Sicily, Palermo. This section illustrates the origins, the famous people, the history, and much more information about this town and its traditions. A second section is devoted to the cultural aspects of the Province. This section illustrates the agriculture, the poesy, the proverbs and the cooking recipes. A third section illustrates the Madonie`s Mountains Park with a fully description of the same Park and a lot of wonderful pictures. A fourth and final section, a very important one, illustrates each municipality of the Province of Palermo. For each town the origins, the famous people, the history, and much more information about the town and its traditions are fully described with a lot of pictures too.
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Mezzojuso: Storia, Arte, Tradizioni
Palermo and the 80 municipalities of its province
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