Text and Direction Giovanni Montanti
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In the valley of the Torto river, in the middle of one of the more fascinating routes of the Sicily,situated in pleasant place 500 meters above the sea-level, white limestones awake on Roccapalumba, guarding its history and secrets.
The churches, the buildings wisely restored, the clean lanes and the modern street furniture, the rural structure of architecture,the water flour mill built in 1800 and dipped in an atmosphere of important etno-anthropological value; the village of Regalgioffoli where the Muslim ghost still flutters; the mountain sepultures, the naturalistic paths and the pretty panoramas; all of these treasures tell us of an alive country proud to be beautiful.
The same care that can be found even in the most recondite corners of Roccapalumba, can also be found during the celebrations of the Holy Week, during the feast of Saint Joseph and the characteristic procession of the Corpus Domini. Words, sounds and action sign all year long festivities and rituals where the inhabitants of Roccapalumba are proud to find themselves so to trow towards future the cultural patrimony and the attachment to their own roots that can make eternal the present.
Text and Direction Giovanni Montanti
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In the valley of the Torto river, in the middle of one of the more fascinating routes of the Sicily,situated in pleasant place 500 meters above the sea-level, white limestones awake on Roccapalumba, guarding its history and secrets. Roccapalumba proposes a tourist-cultural route called "From far past to the infinite universe".
A sky particularly suited for the observations of the celestial sphere, the presence of the Astronomical Observatory of Pizzo Suaro and of a powerful Planetarium, all of the above mentioned makes Roccapalumba a very interesting place for students and fans of the mysteries of the universe.
Roccapalumba "paese delle stelle" (town of the stars) watches to the future not forgetting its own history. The churches and the restored buildings, the neat alleys and the modern street furniture, the rural architectures and the nineteenth-century water flour mill, the village of Regalgioffoli and the Ethno-anthropological Museum, the ancient public washhouse, the rocky sepultures, the naturalistic routes, the popular faith that can be found in the rituals of San Giuseppe, as well as in the festivals of the Holy Week and if the Corpus Domini, all these treasures offer different points of view about the local culture and tell you of an alive country that it proud of being "beautiful".
This new documentary on Roccapalumba maintains the same structure of that one made in the year 2000, while integrating of the content with the new images of the Theatre, of the city park, of the Planetarium, of the museum, of the restored public washhouse and of the flour mill of Fiaccati, still working today.
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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Roccapalumba - Oasi nell`Alta Valle del Torto
Roccapalumba: Paese delle stelle
Palermo and the 80 municipalities of its province
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