With its lust red and xanthos yellow colours, paraded between the Italian tricolour and the European Union royal blue, the Sicilian flag cuts a dashing figure as it flutters outside every town hall on the island. But only when a gust of wind blows, does it unscarf its full composition. The …
Sicily
The Sicilian language
The first question people often ask is: is Sicilian a language or a dialect? It is an interesting question open to debate and the answer depends on one’s interpretation of linguistic terminology. But let us leave aside the question for now and come back to it at the end… Do people still speak …
Ponte Dirillo :: Operation Husky and the Invasion of Sicily
The story of the second World War in Sicily is not overtly apparent to the casual visitor. There are few monuments, few reminders, few tangible remnants. And yet there are still people alive who lived through it and can recount it. And the story is an important one. There is one - excellent - …
