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Region. Europe. The Villa Romana del Casale ( Sicilian: Villa Rumana dû Casali) is a large and elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 3 km from the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. Excavations have revealed Roman mosaics which, according to the Grove Dictionary of Art, are the richest, largest and most varied collection that remains, [1 ...
Monreale Cathedral mosaics. The Monreale Cathedral Mosaics are the main internal feature of Monreale Cathedral in the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy; the mosaics cover 6,500 m 2. It was constructed at the orders of King William II and later was beatified to the Assumption of the Virgin. The Monreale Cathedral is located in the city of Palermo ...
The Valle dei Templi ( Italian: [ˈvalle dei ˈtɛmpli]; Sicilian: Vaddi di li Tempri ), or Valley of the Temples, is an archaeological site in Agrigento ( ancient Greek: Ακραγας, Akragas ), Sicily. It is one of the most outstanding examples of ancient Greek art and architecture of Magna Graecia, [1] and is one of the main attractions of ...
Grotta dell'Addaura. / 38.18750°N 13.35222°E / 38.18750; 13.35222. The Addaura cave ( Italian: Grotta dell'Addaura) is a complex of three natural grottoes located on the northeast side of Mount Pellegrino in Palermo, Sicily, Southern Italy. The importance of the complex is due to the presence of cave-wall engravings dated to the late ...
Carly Aquilino, (born November 18, 1990) stand-up comedian of Sicilian descent, podcast performer, cast member of MTV's Girl Code. Henry Armetta, ( Palermo, Sicily, July 4, 1888 – San Diego, October 21, 1945) movie character actor who appeared in at least 150 films, starting in silents as early as 1915 to a movie released in 1946, after his ...
2005 (29th Session) carved Acanthus leaves in the baroque façade. The Cathedral of Syracuse ( Duomo di Siracusa ), formally the Cattedrale metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima (Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Holy Nativity of Mary), is an ancient Catholic church in Syracuse, Sicily, the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa.
The Ceramica di Caltagirone is a type of ceramics made in Caltagirone, in Sicily . This pottery is one of the most documented and stylistically varied, as well as one of the best known in the world. [1] His historical knowledge is based on recent research carried out in the context of the creation of the Museum of Ceramics , first at the local ...
Isola delle Femmine ( Sicilian: Isula dî Fìmmini) is an Italian town in northwestern Sicily, administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Palermo . Despite its name, which can be translated in English as "The Island of Females", the town is located in mainland Sicily. The name of the town was chosen after the name of the small island ...