Sicily - Finestre sull'Arte

Following Caravaggio: how his language spread to Sicily. The exhibition in Messina

Severe and Miraculous. Following Caravaggio "with vigorous and dyed manner, " from July 28 to October 14 at MuMe, Regional Museum of Messina, is an exhibition with something of another era. The dry and rigorous set-up concedes nothing to the expectat...
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Alberto Angela takes us to the Sicily of the Leopard.

The new episode of Ulysses - The Pleasure of Discovery airing tonight on Rai1 at 9:25 p.m. will be dedicated to the Sicily of The Leopard. Alberto Angela will take the audience to the places evoked by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 's famous novel and ...
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Selinunte, three giant columns of Temple G will be reassembled and relocated. The large construction site will start

At the proposal of the councillor for Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity, Alberto Samonà, the outgoing regional government, with funding of 5 million euros, has long since approved the "Project for the Enhancement of the Archaeological Pa...
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Morgantina silverware will remain in Sicily forever: agreement signed between Salinas Museum and Metropolitan

An agreement was signed in recent days between the Regional Archaeological Museum A. Salinas of Palermo and the Metropolitan Museum of New York that resulted in the decision to have the Morgantina Silverware remain in Sicily forever. It consists of s...
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Giovanni Verga's original photographs will be acquired by the Sicilian Region for 225,000 euros

The Sicilian Region will acquire the original photographic plates of Giovanni Verga, thus becoming part of the public documentary heritage linked to the memory of the great writer, whose centenary of his death is being celebrated this year. The rich...
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Our Lady of Itria, the only certain Sicilian work by Sofonisba Anguissola

At the "Ala Ponzone" Civic Museum in Cremona, the exhibition Sofonisba Anguissola and the Madonna dell'Itria ison until August 21, 2022 (thanks to an extension) , which, starting from the Madonna dell'Itria altarpiece kept in Paternò, Sicily...
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An exhibition reconstructs the building sites of the temples of Selinunte

From July 5, 2022 to July 23, 2023, an exhibition reconstructs the construction sites set up to build the temples of Selinunte, tracing descriptions from ancient sources including early sketches by Grand Tour travelers. Ars Aedificandi. The Building ...
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Fifth-century BC statue of Athena arrives in Palermo from Athens. It will remain in Italy for four years

From the Acropolis Museum in Athens comes to the Regional Museum A. Salinas of Palermo the statue of the goddess Athena, where it will remain on public display for four years. The precious headless sculpture of Athena dates back to the fifth century ...
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