“My parents used to stroll with a calash on the beach of Punta Grande. Every time they were there my mother would point at that house and say that if she’d had a villa like that she would have felt like a queen. Coincidentally enough, the owners went bankrupt and the house was put up…
Hiding among the vegetation, between an olive garden and a lovely vineyard is Borgo Giallonardo, Giuseppe Fanara’s personal gamble: he is a (Sicilian) notary who decided to dedicate his time and money to rediscover the old local traditions. “Our family has a long history of land owners that passed their properties and knowledge on for…
Only 25 Kilometres from Realmonte is Favara another town in the province of Agrigento, a unique example of urban regeneration. A few years Andrea Bartoli and Florinda Saieva had an idea: today Farm Cultural Park is the most modern cultural hub and exhibition centre in southern Italy. Started as a family project, it has now…
Sicily means tradition, and from Porto Empedocle to Siculiana each town plays its part in enriching its community with religious celebration that prove the deep connection between the land and its people. Antonino Frenda, an anthropologist from Agrigento, decided to study them through a thorough scrutiny of each of these celebration in this part of…
Between Siculiana Marina and Eraclea Minoa there is a long pure beach where a group of WWF operators working for the safekeeping this part of the Sicilian coast. Torre Salsa is, in fact, a nature reserve, with a stunning beach that runs for 6 Kilometres. Working for the safekeeping of the coast and its wildlife…
I quit my studies, because I was seeing our land, the one I inherited from my grandfather and his forefathers, neglected. The century-old agricultural tradition of the area was dying, and, with it, our native biological species. So I decided to go back to cultivating the fields, which is a pretty unusual choice for my…