Art is helping to revitalise Sicily’s ghost towns and deserted urban spaces, with the earthquake-hit town of Gibellina becoming Italy’s first Capital of Contemporary Art
From the ostentatious baroque …
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Beheaded by the Mafia: When an undertaker refused to pay extortion money, these gangsters chopped the head off his beloved dog. This is how, eventually, justice was done... and 323 thugs were thrown in jail ○
In their cages the defendants looked bored or defiant, some dressed in tracksuits and trainers, others in sharp suits. These were the men who had run Palermo for decades.
43 days ago
‘Golden sands meld into the clear turquoise sea’: readers’ favourite beaches in Europe ⊕⊕
Our readers bask in the memory of great beach discoveries, from Latvia to Sicily
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Forty miles east of Palermo, the magnif…
4 months ago
Six of the best autumn city breaks in Europe for an overload of culture and fabulous food ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
From Athens’ beach-studded – and still warm – coastline to the ancient food markets of Palermo
Craggy coves and sandy bays make up the resplendent mix that is the Athens Riviera. So it was that at the…
6 months ago
‘I’ll be Poirot’: the Orient Express is back – but what is it like to ride? ○
It comes at a steep price, but the remodelled luxury train from Sicily to Rome immerses passengers in the country’s culture as well as passing through stunning scenery
‘If anyone mysteriously vanishes…
Sleeper hit: how Europe is revelling in the return of the night train ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
With a bucket list of journeys that would take her from Tromsø to Palermo and Istanbul, our writer rekindles her love affair with long-distance train journeys
Snug, I stretched in the darkness, waking…
7 months ago
Colombia arrests alleged leader of Italian mafia in Latin America ○
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Giuseppe Palermo has been wanted under an Interpol red notice, which has called for his arrest in 196 countries.
New photos show enormous mast of Mike Lynch's doomed Bayesian after salvage operation concludes ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
The recovery mission concluded after the 184ft hull and 236ft mast, as well as deck furniture and other loose items, had been delivered to Italian authorities in Termini Imerese in Palermo, Sicily.
8 months ago
The reinvention of Catania – Sicily’s once crime-ridden second city ○
A decades-long crackdown on organised crime is opening up Catania, with previous no-go areas now welcoming tourists and new businesses. Discover its restaurants and bars before the prices catch up
In …
9 months ago
Operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht suspended after diver dies ○
Work to raise the Bayesian is put on hold as investigators seek to establish the cause of the 39-year-old Dutchman’s death
Recovery operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bay…