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Mondello (Sicilian: Munneḍḍu) is a seaside district of the city of Palermo in the autonomous region of Sicily, in Southern Italy. It lies on a sandy bay delimited by two hills called Mount Gallo (or Rooster ) and Mount Pellegrino (or Pilgrim ), in the northernmost area of the city.
The beachfront area of Mondello until the end of the 19th century was a malaria-afflicted swamp, with a seashore used by fishermen. Drained during the last decade of 1890, much of the area was leased to a Belgian company, Les Tramways de Palerme , who not only established a trolley connecting this suburb to Palermo, but electrified the area ...
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The Mondello Beach, one of the main tourist destinations. As Sicily's administrative capital, Palermo is a centre for much of the region's finance, tourism and commerce. The city currently hosts an international airport, [82] and Palermo's economic growth over the years has brought the opening of many new businesses.
An ancient village in Sicily is nestled largely inside a cave -- in a natural opening between two rocky mountains.
Sicily is the oldest Italian and Western location on record where pasta worked into long and thin form was part of the local cuisine. This dates back to around the 12th century, as attested by the Tabula Rogeriana of Muhammad al-Idrisi, reporting some traditions about the Kingdom of Sicily. [11]
These are the most southerly beech forests in Europe. Lower down, below 1,600 metres (5,200 feet), there are large forests of holm oak, downy oak and cork oak, and around Castelbuono and Pollina the rare manna ash is still farmed. The mountains contain some 1500 species and sub-species of plants, around 60% of all those found in Sicily.
Pani câ meusa served in Palermo, Italy. Pani câ meusa (Sicilian: [ˈpaːnɪ kaː ˈmɛʊsa] ⓘ; lit. ' bread with spleen '), also spelled pani câ mèusa (or less correctly pani ca meusa), is a Sicilian street food.