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Editor's Picks: a handful of favourite things to see
1. Fonte Ciane, near Syracuse, just west of the city itself.
To get there, leave town on the road signed for Canciattini. Then fork left onto a narrow lane called Traversa Cozzo Pantano. The Fonte Ciane is at the end of this lane (follow signs to Villa dei Papiri).
The Ciane river meets the sea just south of the city of Syracuse. It is a very short and very narrow river, little more than a brook, winding slowly from its source among papyrus pools and orange groves, in a rather strange landscape of wire fences and barred gates and barking dogs.
I have never seen papyrus growing wild before. In Europe it grows only here, and along another Sicilian river, the Fiumefreddo. The spring at Fonte Ciane takes the form of a reed-fringed pool beside a stand of tall eucalyptus trees. A wooden walkway takes you out over the water so that you can examine the papyrus plants from close quarters. Their stems are extremely tough and cannot be broken without a knife (but don’t experiment—there are signs warning you not to damage the plants). You can also spend long minutes trying to spot the frogs. They make a great din, croaking and puffing out their cheek sacs, but as soon as they hear you approach they fall silent, and locating them can be frustratingly difficult.
The spring takes its name from the Greek word for azure and also from the story of the nymph Cyane, who attempted to prevent Hades from carrying off Persephone and was changed into a fount of water, condemned to everlasting weeping.
- Papyrus plants at Fonte Ciane.
- The pool itself.
- A lizard, green when it emerged from the foliage.
- The same lizard, paler and greyer after a few moments resting on the wooden handrail.
- Two frogs.
Thanks to Wendy Hennessy for supplying the identity of the lizard (Lacerta viridis). They can grow up to 30cm long, excluding the tail. This one was nothing like that length. Reptile enthusiasts can find out more about the species here: www.reptilia.dk/Krybdyr_vi_holder_nu/Oegler/Lacerta_viridis/lacertaviridis.htm. If anyone can identify the frogs, please send a message to editorial@blueguides.com.
2. Syracuse: where the sun always shines
It was Cicero who said that Syracuse knows no day without sun. Certainly when I have been there I have found nothing to prove him wrong. It is a wonderful place, with many layers of history--you can easily spend a few days here. It was founded in the 8th century BC by settlers from Corinth in mainland Greece and rose to great power under its ruler Dionysius the Elder in the 5th century BC. Under the Romans it was peaceful and prosperous and acquired an amphitheatre. St Paul came here and is said to have preached in its great stone quarries. Syracuse was the birthplace of Archimedes and is now home dedicated to his inventions, appropriately sited in Piazza Archimede (and covered in the new edition of Blue Guide).
The cathedral (duomo) of Syracuse is one of the most extraordinary sights in Italy: a Doric temple of 14 by 6 columns, built in 480 BC by the ruler Gelon, to celebrate victory over the Carthaginians and dedicated to Athena. The closed by a modern curtain wall and obscured in front by a Baroque façade, that temple's colonnade is fully discernible today. The interior is one of the most atmospheric I know. The picture here shows a view down the south aisle.
The other picture, an oil-painting, in the chapel at the head of the south aisle, shows Bishop Zosimus with the IHS mongram on his chasuble. It was Zosimus who converted the ruined Temple of Athena into a cathedral. The work is attributed to Antonello da Messina, the great 15th-century Sicilian artist credited with introducing oil painting to Italy.
- Interior of the cavern, showing its proportions relative to the human figure.
- Side wall of the cavern, covered with the scrape-marks of slaves' chisels.
A famous feature of Syracuse are her ancient stone quarries, known as latomies. These were no ordinary quarries. In ancient times they were also used as internment camps for prisoners and cohorts of slaves were kept here in uncompromising conditions, chipping away at the rock to carve out perfect blocks of exactly one cubit. The best-known of the latomies is the so-called Ear of Dionysius, a tall cave entered by a narrow, man-made slit in the rockface, and extending backwards and backwards into the gloom. Once your eyes have got used to the dim light, you will see that every inch of wall surface is striated with the marks of the slaves' chisels. The name of the cave was coined by Caravaggio, because of its particular acoustic properties: it amplifies every sound, giving back a single eerie echo.
3. The Temple of Olympian Zeus
To get there, take the Via Elorina. Cross the Anapo river, then the Ciane, and then look out for brown signs taking you left to the Tempio di Giove Olimpico.
Just outside Syracuse to the south stand two forlorn columns, in a field of wild flowers next to a horse farm where sad-looking sway-backed horses canter up and down behind a wire fence. It is a very ancient temple, dating from the 6th century BC, and occupied a strategic spot much beloved of would-be besiegers of the town. As the picture below shows, there is a superb view of Ortigia (the old city) from the temple platform.
4. Pantelleria: the donkeys that were saved from extinction
The island of Pantelleria lies over 100km from Sicily, in fact it is closer to Tunisia. It is famous for its delicious capers and its wines, for having been the island home of the nymph Calypso, with whom Odysseus dallied on his way back to Ithaca, and for having a longish roster of celebrity residents, among them Gérard Depardieu. It is served by boat (seas permitting) from Trapani. What is less well known is that it is also the home of a hardy breed of donkey:
- Photo: Azienda Regionale Foreste Demaniali, Pietro Alfonso
According to Ellen Grady, author of Blue Guide Sicily, the Pantelleria ass is a kind of donkey native to the island, where it has been used since the 1st century BC. It's very big (the size of a pony), very strong, with a smooth, shiny black pelt. Very fast moving, sure-footed on the mountain tracks. It became extinct 20 years ago because people weren't using them any more and the last one slipped into the sea and drowned. The exciting news is that the forestry technicians at the San Matteo stud farm at Erice have been able to recreate the donkey, using Jurassic Park-style procedures (taking genes from donkeys throughout Italy which had this particular donkey in their ancestry). It has taken them 17 years, but recently the first four Pantelleria asses were shipped to their island, where they will be used for tourism (trekking around the volcanoes).
The stud farm itself, San Matteo on the Sicilian mainland, is reached from the hilltop town of Erice by taking the Raganzili road. It's also an agricultural museum. More info (in Italian) on the following website: www.ilportaledelcavallo.it/articolo.asp
INDEXES
To give a feel for the depth of information available in our books, we reproduce here in full the indexes of some of our Blue Guides.
Explanatory or more detailed references (where there are many), or references to places where an artist’s work is best represented, are given in bold. Numbers in italics are picture references. Dates are given for all artists, architects and sculptors. Ancient names are rendered in italics, as are works of art.
INDEX TO BLUE GUIDE SICILY 7th Ed
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A
Acate 319
Aci Castello 421
Acireale 419
Acitrezza 420, 517
Acquacalda 479
Acquaviva Platani 245
Acquedolci 488
Acrae 371, 372
Acitrezza 517
Acron, physician 193
Adelaide, Queen 281, 290, 484, 487, 488
Adrano 412
Aeolian Islands 277, 472–483
Aeschylus 248, 338, 357, 396, 410
St Agatha 396, 397, tomb 406
Agathocles 10, 84, 90, 143, 165, 250,
339, 445
Agira 283
Agrigento 9, 193–211, 247, 248, 250,
353, 515
Duomo 195
Garden of Kolymbetra 204
Museo Archeologico 204, 207
Museo Civico 194
Sanctuary of Demeter 209
Sanctuary of the Chthonic Divinities 203
Temple of Asclepios 209
Temple of Castor and Pollux 203
Temple of Concord 199, 200
Temple of Hephaistos 209, 210
Temple of Hera 201
Temple of Heracles 198
Temple of Olympian Zeus 202
Villa Aurea 198
Agrippa 468
Aidone 280
Alagona, Archbishop 344
Alcamo 145, 519
Alcantara Gorge 465
Alcara Li Fusi 488
Alcibiades 402
Alexander II, Pope 268, 289
Alexis of Tarentum 509
Alì 467
Alì Terme 467
Alì, Luciano (fl. late 17C–early 18C) 345
Alì, Salvatore (fl. late 18C) 312
Alia 87
Alibrandi, Girolamo (1470–1524) 414,
415, 450, 475
Alicudi 481
Al-Idrisi 510
Acitrezza 517
Amato, Andrea (fl. 1720–35) 401, 405,
426
Amato, Giacomo (1643–1732) 15, 43,
46, 50
Amato, Paolo (1634–1714) 44, 54, 106,
170
Ambrogio da Como (fl. 1471–73) 91
Amico, Giovanni Biagio (1684–1754) 53,
128, 131, 137, 147, 148, 156, 226
Anapo Valley 374
Andrault, Michel (b. 1926) 354
Andrea da Salerno (also known as Andrea
Sabatini; c. 1484–1530) 49
Angell, Samuel 160
Angevins dynasty 14, 289, 325, 511
Anjou, Charles of (see also Angevins) 20
Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–79) 15,
48, 49, 93, 106, 343, 346, 372, 450
Antonello da Messina, school of 328,
343, 470
Antonello de Saliba (c. 1466–1535) 93,
461, 469, 471, 484
Antonia the Younger, Empress 176
Antonio Catalano il Vecchio (1560–1630)
424, 452
Apicius 510
Arab-Norman Architecture 65, 80, 85,
91, 195, 287, 308, 425, 467, 472
Arabs, The 13, 228, 243, 245, 297, 298,
344, 362, 367, 474, 510, 514, 516
Aragon, Alfonso V of, 14, 155, 405
Aragon, House of 397
Aragona 222
Archestratos of Gela 509
Archifel, Vincenzo (fl. 1486–1533) 424
Archimedes 11, 339, 383
Aristotle 61
Assoro 282
Athens 250, 359
Augusta 285, 380
Augustus, emperor 12, 396, 484
Auletni, Gae (b. 1927) 93
Avola 368
Avola Antica 368
B
Bagheria 82
Bagnasco, Nicola (18C–19C) 103, 284
Baia Guidaloca 142
Balla, Giacomo (1871–1958) 132
Baravitalla 317
Barbalunga, Antonio (Antonio Alberti;
1600–49) 321
Barisano da Trani (12C) 78
Baroque Architecture 25, 54, 146, 297,
309, 311, 312, 313, 341, 362, 371,
372, 422
Barrafranca 276
Basile, Ernesto (1857–1932) 16, 64, 69,
70, 145, 158, 195, 226, 262, 316
Basile, Giovanni Battista (1825–91) 419,
425
Bassano, Leandro (da Ponte; 1557–1622)
49
Battaglia, Antonio (18C–19C) 396, 402,
406
Battaglia, Francesco (1701–78) 422, 424
Battaglia, Matteo (18C) 304, 305
Becket, Thomas, St 78, 155
Belice Valley 169, 511, 515
Belisarius, general 12
Bella, Stefano Della (1610–1664) 132
Bellini, Vincenzo 397, 400, 401
Belmonte Mezzagno 105
Belpasso 415
Belvedere 359
Bencivinni, Pietro (fl. 1705–10) 95
Benedetto, Silvio (b. 1938) 228
Bentivegna, Filippo (d. 1967) 215
Benvenuto Tortelli da Brescia 81
Berenson, Bernard 318
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598–1680) 260,
313
Berrettaro, Bartolomeo (fl. 1499–1524)
85, 132, 147, 155, 159, 214, 309
Berwick and Alba, Duke of 306
Biancavilla 414
Biangardi, Francesco (1823–1911) 240
Biscari, Prince of 286, 403, 404
Biviere di Cesarò 486
Bivona 225
Blanche of Castile, Queen 283
Blanche of Navarre, Queen 99, 325
Bompensiere 247
Bonaiuto da Pisa (14C) 28, 76
Bonaiuto, Natale (fl, 1781–94) 422, 423,
424, 425
Bonaiuto, Vincenzo (17C) 131
Bongiovanni, Giuseppe (1771–1859) 425
Borgetto 104
Borremans, Guglielmo (1670–1744) 24,
40, 46, 50, 54, 64, 146, 147, 240, 261,
284, 374, 397
Borremans, Luigi (18C) 240, 241
Bourbons, the dynasty 15, 108, 145, 220,
339, 362, 464, 511
Branciforte, Count Niccolo 252
Branciforte, Prince Carlo Maria Carafa
252, 425
Branciforte, Prince Don Francesco 427
Branciforte, Prince Giuseppe 82
Branciforte, Prince Nicolò Placido 282
Brea, Luigi Bernabò 478
Briggs, Peter (b. 1950) 325
Bronte 417, 516
Brucoli 381
Brydone, Patrick 401
Buccheri 374
Bufalino, Gesualdo 321
Burgio 219
Burri, Alberto (1915–95) 169
Burroughs, John 320
Buscemi 374
Busone 222
Butera 251
Butler, Samuel 145, 175
Byzantine mosaicists 27, 36, 76
C
Cabrera Family 306
Cabrera, Count Bernardo 325
Caccamo 86, 89
Cagliostro, Count 40
Calabernardo 369
Calamech, Andrea (1524–89) 448, 469
Calascibetta 265
Calatafimi 145
Callot, Jacopo (1592–1635) 132
Caltabellotta 218
Caltagirone 365, 422
Caltanissetta 239, 515
Caltavuturo 85
Camarina 299
Camilleri, Andrea (1757–1822) 211
Camilliani, Camillo (fl. 1574–1603) 425,
449, 472
Camilliani, Francesco (fl. 1550–86) 21
Cammarata 224
Campobello di Licata 228
Campobello di Mazara 166
Campofranco 246
Canicattì 229
Canicattini Bagni 373
Canneto 478
Canova, Antonio (1757–1822) 43, 54
Canzoneri, Michele (20C) 92
Capa, Robert 289
Capizzi 488
Capo d’Orlando 485
Capo Grillo 483
Capo Passero 370
Capo Tindari 483
Capomulini 420
Capote, Truman 456
Cappiddazzu 150, 152
Capra, Frank 107
Capuana, Luigi 403, 428
Caracciolo, Luciano (fl. 1639–95) 345
Carasi, Costantino (fl. 1749) 365
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da; c.
1591–1610) 43, 346, 316, 328, 355,
452, 453
Carini 104
Carnelivari, Matteo (fl. late 15C) 14, 44
Carlos, Don, of Aragona 167
Caronia 488, 513
Caronia Forest 486
Carracci, School of 225
Carreca, Andrea (1590–c. 1677) 54
Carrera, Giuseppe (fl. 1608–30) 146
Carthage 134, 143, 153, 323
Carthaginians 10, 88, 107, 149, 161,
227, 359, 471
Caruso, Bruno (b. 1927) 156, 228
Casale, Roman villa at 268, 272, 273
Casalvecchio Siculo 467
Cascio, Lorenzo (b. 1940) 217
Cassaro 374
Cassibile 361
Castanea delle Furie 455
Castelbuono 96, 515
Castellammare, Gulf of 105, 141, 142
Castello di Donnafugata 324
Castello Manfredonico 245
Castello, Ignazio Paternò; see Biscari
Castelluccio 254, 299, 350, 368
Castelluzzo 140
Castelmola 463
Casteltermini 224
Castelvetrano 167, 513, 515
Castiglione 299
Castiglione di Sicilia 418
Castronuovo di Sicilia 106
Castroreale 469
Catacombs 314, 317, 339, 349, 354, 373
404, 467
Catania 12, 15, 395–408, 516
Archaeological Park 402
Botanical Garden 407
Castello Ursino 403
La Ciminiere 408
Museo Civico 403
Oasi del Simeto 408
Palazzo Biscari 404
Piazza del Duomo 395
Piazza Stesicoro 405
Sant’Agata la Vetere 406
San Nicolo l’Arena 401
Teatro Massimo Bellini 404
Teatro Romano 402
Via Crociferi 400
Catenanuova 286
Cattolica Eraclea 221
Catulus, Lutatius, general 127, 134, 171
Cava d’Ispica 308, 316, 316
Cave di Cusa 166
Cava di Spampinato 377
Cava Grande 368
Cecco di Naro 44
Cefalà Diana 105
Cefalù 90–94, 94, 518
Centuripe 285
Cerami 289
Ceres see Demeter
Cervantes, Miguel 445, 448
Cesari, Giuseppe (Il Cavaliere d’Arpino;
1568–1640) 49
Cesarò 489
Charlemagne, emperor 45
Charles I of Anjou 14, 73, 139, 283, 285,
445
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 139,
140, 472
Charles VII of Bourbon 343
Chiaramonte Gulfi 325, 513
Chiaramonte, Giovanni 246
Chiaramonte, Manfredi 81, 245, 298, 325
Chiaramonte, family 66, 86, 244, 229,
306
Chiesa, Carlo Alberto dalla 65
Church, Sir Richard 20
Ciaculli 73, 515
Cicero 153, 199, 337
Cidonio, Narciso (fl. late 16C–early 17C)
321
Ciminna 106
Cinema Paradiso 106
Ciotti, Rosa (18C) 265
Ciullo d’Alcamo 146
Civiletti, Benedetto (1845–99) 169, 307,
312
Claudius, Emperor 134, 176
Cleon 264
Colicci, Filippo (fl. 1767–69) 470
Collesano 96
Comiso 319
Comitini 222
Conca, Sebastiano (1680–1764) 24, 58,
298, 312, 314, 367, 368, 452
St Conrad Confalonieri 362
Conrad IV, King 444
Conradin, King 14
Consagra, Pietro (1920–2005) 160, 169,
489
Constance de Hauteville, 14, 264, tomb 31
Constance of Aragon, Queen, tomb 397
Constance of Aragon, Empress 396,
crown of 32, tomb 31
Constans II, Emperor 339, 347
Contessa Entellina 107
Convento di Baida 82
Coppola, Francis Ford 466
Cordici, Antonino (1586–1666) 136
Corinth, Corinthians 10, 338, 338
Corleone 107
Cozzo Matrice 266
Crescenzio, Antonello (or Antonio, il
Panormita; 1467–1542) 49, 50
Crete 205
Crispi, Francesco 220
Cristadoro, Giuseppe (1711–1808) 304
Crowley, Aleister 90
Cuccia, Tanina (20C) 103
Cusa 163
Custonaci 140
Cutraro, Carmelo (fl. late 18C–early 19C)
304
Cyane Spring 281
D
D’Alessi, Giuseppe (18C) 24
D’Anna, Vito (1720–69) 41, 304, 312,
314, 328, 372, 420, 427
D’Antoni, Andrea (1811–68) 103
Daedalus 193, 205, 218, 221
Damiani, Almeyda Giuseppe (1834–1911)
24, 64, 85, 171
Damokopos, of Athens, architect (5C BC)
357
Dante, Alighieri 146
De Lisi, Benedetto (1830–75) 54, 72
De Ruyter, Michiel Admiral 381
De Spuches, Baron Corrado Arezzo 304,
325
De Spuches, Family 87
Delia 242, 243
Delphi 157
Demeter, Sanctuaries of 60, 61, 62, 168,
203, 205, 206, 208, 209, 249, 250,
262, 276, 279, 281, 353, 354, 369
Dikaios, Painter of (6C BC) 205
Diocletian, Emperor 56, 269, 349
Diodorus Siculus 148, 259, 264, 283,
515
Dionysius I, the Elder 10, 60, 149, 338,
355, 359, 456, 484,
Dionysius II 10, 338
Dolci, Danilo 104
Don John of Austria 153, 448
Donato del Piano 268, 400
Donnafugata, Castello di 324
Donnalucata 313
Doreius, the Spartan 10
Doucetius, King of the Sicels 10, 242,
247, 277, 362, 367, 428, 488
Douris, painter (5C BC) 62, 353
Dumontier, Louis Alexandre (fl. 1751)
383
Duprè, Giovanni (1817–82) 128
Durrell, Lawrence 106
Dusmet, Giovanni Benedetto, Cardinal
397
E
Earthquakes
(of 1693) 15, 254, 297, 298, 305, 306,
313, 322, 367, 371, 381, 395, 396,
405, 415, 419, 422
(of 1908) 16, 325, 443, 445
(of 1968) 167, 216
(of 1978) 484
(of 1990) 362, 381
Egadi Islands 11, 171–176, 503
Eleonora of Aragon 261
Eloro 369
Empedocles 210, 410
Enna 259–264, 514
Epicharmus, poet 357
Epicleos, architect (7C BC) 341
Eraclea Minoa 220
Erice 132, 133–139, 138, 511
Mount Etna 12, 15, 409, 409–417, 503,
513, 516
Eunus 259, 262, 264
F
Fagan, Robert 160, 484
Falconara 251
Falcone, Giovanni 16, 52, 65
Faraglioni 109
Favara 229, 513
Favignana 171
Felice da Sambuca, Fra’ (also known as
Felice da Palermo, and Gioacchino
Viscosi; 1734–1805) 107, 227, 218,
241, 469
Ferdinand II, of Aragon 252
Ferdinand II, of Bourbon 70, 215, 363,
Ferdinand IV (I of Bourbon) 417
Ferla 375
Ferraro, Antonino (fl. 1552–98) 96, 167
Ferraro, Orazio (son of Antonio;
1561–1643) 81, 167, 214
Ferraro, Tommaso (fl. 1570–89) 167
Festa, Tano (1938–88) 489
Fichera, Francesco (1881–1950) 16, 337
Ficuzza 105
Filicudi 481
Filippo della Valle (1697–1768) 343
Fiume, Salvatore (1915–97) 321
Fiumedinisi 467
Fiumefreddo 421
Fleri 410
Floresta 486
Floridia 377
Florio 171
Florio Family 70, 71
Florio, Ignazio 171
Florio, Vincenzo 153
Fondulli, Paolo (fl. 1568–1600) 53
Fornazzo 410
Forza d’Agrò 466
Francavilla di Sicilia 464, 470
Francofonte 382
Frederick II of Aragon 204, 244, 262,
397, 414, 469, 470, 485
Frederick III of Aragon 135, 241, 397
Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, Holy
Roman Emperor 14, 20, 35, 91, 98,
104, 146, 216, 226, 248, 264, 285,
345, 381, 396, 397, 403, 472; tomb
31
Freri, Antonello (fl. 1479–1513) 397,
469
Frost, Honor, underwater archaeologist
157
Furetto, Orazio (fl. 1746) 69
G
Gabrieli, Onofrio (1616–c. 1705) 416,
346
Gagini, Antonello (son of Domenico;
1478–1536) 15, 24, 31, 32, 39, 41,
47, 50, 54, 56, 81, 82, 87, 92, 96, 132,
137, 146, 147, 155, 158, 159, 167,
170, 218, 287, 288, 289, 322, 343,
344, 363, 374, 407, 415, 416, 423,
425, 444, 469, 470
Gagini, Antonio (or Antonino, son of
Antonello; fl. 1541–75) 41, 54, 131,
137, 155, 159, 214, 308, 423
Gagini, Antonuzzo (fl. 1576–1627) 422,
424
Gagini, Domenico (c. 1420–92) 15, 41,
43, 63, 96, 99, 136, 155, 159, 170,
226, 260, 344, 423, 450
Gagini, Donatello (fl. 1489) 96
Gagini, Fazio (son of Antonello;
1520–67) 78
Gagini, Giacomo (1517–98) 146, 147,
155, 416
Gagini, Gian Domenico (?1503–?67) 78,
100, 101, 214, 261, 283, 287, 422,
423, 424
Gagini, Giovanni (fl. 1470–92) 195
Gagini, Nibilio (fl. 1583–1607) 423, 424
Gagini, Vincenzo (1527–95) 32, 44, 219
Gagini, family 33, 106, 276, 423
Gagini, school of 39, 86, 96, 137, 194,
208, 252, 283, 284, 304, 307, 344,
416, 422, 471, 487
Gagliano Castelferrato 290
Gagliardi, Rosario (1682–1762) 303, 314,
321, 327, 347, 363, 364, 365, 422
Galati Mamertino 487
Galimberti, Silvio (20C) 343
Gambara, Antonio (fl. early 15C) 29
Gangi 101, 101
Ganzirri 454
Garibaldi, Giuseppe 15, 20, 45, 52, 73,
103, 132, 145, 153, 155, 170, 220,
262, 285, 464, 471
Garum 173
Gaspare da Pesaro (fl. 1421–61) 85
Gaultier brothers 83
Gela 9, 193, 248, 250, 353
Gelon, tyrant of Gela 10, 89, 248, 338,
341, 344, 357, 380
Gelso 483
Gentili, Vinicio 269
Gentilini, Franco (1909–81) 156
St George, statue of, Piana degli Albanesi
103
George of Antioch 25, 73
Giacomo da Lentini, poet 146
Gianforma Family 312
Gianforma, Giuseppe (fl. 1570–90) 316,
374, 363
Giaquinto, Corrado (c. 1695–1765) 314
Giardini Naxos 463
Giarratana 327
Giarre 421
Gibellina 169
Gibil Gabib 243
Gibilmanna 95
Gigante, Andrea (1731–87) 82, 363
Ginostra 479
Gioiosa Marea 485
Giordano, Luca (1632–1705) 54, 57
Giorgio da Milano (fl. 1484–97) 97
Giorgio di Faccio, architect (16C) 57
Giorgio la Pira 317
Giovanni de Vita (20C) 326
Giovanni di Bartolo (1365–1418) 397
Giuffrè, Antonino (fl. 1463–1510) 461,
471
Giuliano, Salvatore 28, 103, 104, 167
Glaukos, boxer 323
Gloeden, Baron Wilhelm von 456
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 40, 46, 51,
61, 71, 83, 194, 208, 286, 400, 458
Gorgias, orator 382
Gorgo del Drago 105
Goro di Gregorio (14C) 446
Goya, Francisco de (1746–1828) 228
Graffeo, Giacomo (fl. 1476–1516) 85
Gramignani, Francesco (fl. mid 18C) 405
Grammichele 425
Gramsci, Antonio 108, 147
Grano, Antonio (1660–1718) 46, 56, 63
Grattieri 95
Greco, Emilio (1913–95) 400
St Gregory the Great 12, 309, 327, 427
Gresti 266
Grotta dei Ciavoli 224
Grotta del Genovese 172
Grotta del Lauro 488
Grotta dell’Uzzo 141
Grotta di Scurati 140
Grotta Perciata 374
Grotte di Gurfa 87
Guarino, Francesco (1611–54) 314
Guccione, Piero (b. 1935) 308
Guerci, Dario (19C) 304
Guercio, Gaspare (fl. 1653–69) 86
Guinaccia, Deodato (fl. 1551–81) 469
Gurges, Quintus Fabius 139
Guttuso, Renato (1912–87) 82, 169, 228
Gylippus, general 361
H
Hadrian, Emperor 269, 410
Halaesa 489
Hamilcar 86, 89
Hamilcar Barca 127, 134
Hannibal 11, 153, 165, 277, 339, 454
Hannibal Gisco 193
Hanno 171
Hardcastle, Captain Alexander 198, 208
Harris, William 160
Harrow Painter, the (5C BC) 205
Hauteville, Count Roger de 14, 20, 241,
268, 289, 290, 355, 396, 405, 443,
468, 474, 486
Hauteville, Jordain 239, 355, 468
Heliodorus 395
Hennessy Mazza, Wendy 408
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor 14, 218,
443, tomb 31
Hieron I of Syracuse 338, 396
Hieron II 11, 276, 277, 339, 357, 358,
371, 382, 383
Hieronymus, tyrant of Syracuse 382
Hill, Mabel 456, 461
Himera 10, 60, 84, 88, 161
Himera, River 227
Himilco, general 193, 143, 410, 445
Hippocrates of Gela 248, 381
Homer 145, 175, 281, 480, 509
Hood, Alexander 417
Houbraken, Jean van (fl. 1635–74) 416
Hunt, James Leigh 320
Hyblaean Mountains 297, 319
Hyblon, King of the Sicels 297, 377, 380
I
Iannelli, Filippo (fl. 1635–91) 469
Il Gattopardo (see Leopard, The)
Ingham, Benjamin 153, 158
Inquisition, The 44
Isnello 96
Isola Bella 462, 463
Isolotto delle Correnti 371
Ispica 313
Ispica, Cava d’ 316
Itala 468
Italia, Angelo (1628–1700) 147, 228,
253, 368, 400
Ittar, Stefano (fl. 1758–90) 400, 404, 405
J
Joanna, Queen of Sicily 445
Joppolo Giancaxio 222
Judica, Baron Gabriele 372
Julius Caesar 12, 176, 518
Juvarra, Francesco (1685–1759) 446
K
Kesselring, Field-Marshal 462
Kitson, Robert 456, 462
Kleomenes 341
L
Labisi, Paolo (1720–98) 309, 364, 365,
372
Lago di Lentini 382
Lago di Piana degli Albanesi 103
Lago Maulazzo 486
Lago Soprano 247
Lake Ancipa 289
Lake Pozzillo 284
Lampedusa 212, 515
Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi di 53, 70,
239, 216, 217, 228, 485, 512
Lampione 213
Lanza di Trabia Family 65
Lanza Family 56
Lanza-Filangeri 43
Laurana, Francesco (1420–1503) 15, 41,
47, 86, 168, 170, 288, 366, 372, 450
Laurana, Francesco, School of 97, 168,
170, 214
Lawrence, D.H. 403, 456
Leni 480
Lentini 382, 510, 513
Leo II, Pope 283
Leonforte 282, 516
Leontinoi 381
Leopard, The (novel) 70, 121, 216, 217,
512; (film) 53, 106, 217
Lepanto, Battle of 56, 57, 448
Lercara Friddi 106
Letojanni 466
Levanzo 8, 172, 173
Levi, Carlo 106
Licata 226
Licodia Eubea 299, 427
Ligozzi, Jacopo (1547–1626) 268
Lilybaeum 60, 149, 156–157, 161
Linguaglossa 412
Linosa 212
Lipari Painter (3C BC) 478
Lipari, Island 8, 473, 474
Lipari, Town 93, 474, 475
Liszt, Franz 303
Li Volsi, Francesco (fl. 1621–30) 106
Li Volsi, Giovanni Battista (fl. 1622–86)
107, 287, 289
Li Volsi, Giuseppe (fl. 1622–86) 96, 487
Li Volsi, Scipione (fl. 1621–30) 27, 106
Li Volsi, Stefano (fl. 1622–86) 240
Lo Monaco, Sebastiano (fl. 1766–99)
304, 346
Lo Verde, Giacomo (fl. 1625) 54, 130
Lombardo, Antonio 155
Lombards, The 267, 268, 280, 287, 469,
470
Longi 487
Louis of Aragon 397
St Lucy 347, 349
Lysippus, sculptor (4C BC) 61, 308, 346
M
Mabuse (Jan Gossaert; ?1472–1536) 49
Macalube, Volcanello di 222, 223
Madonie Mountains 95–102, 98, 515
Mafia, The 16, 20, 229, 248
Maletto 417
Malfa 480
Mancini, Giacomo, sculptor (15C) 101
Mancino, Andrea (fl. 1490–1500) 195
Mancino, Giuliano (fl. early 16C) 85,
135, 155, 214, 264, 309
Manfredi, King 285
Maniakes, George, general 339, 345, 417
Manno, Antonio (1739–1831) 58
Manuzza 165
Marabitti, Ignazio (1719–97) 24, 25, 40,
41, 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58, 85, 79, 82,
83, 159, 240, 287, 341, 342, 400, 469
Maratta, Carlo (1625–1713) 57
Marcellus, general 11, 378
Marco di Costanzo (c. 1468–1500) 343
Marconi, Pirro 88, 145, 199
Marettimo 174
Mariani, Giuseppe (1650–1718) 81
Marianopoli 244
Marina di Cottone 421
Marina di Ragusa 322
Marinella 160
Marino, Giovanni Battista (18C) 419
Marsala 152, 518
Martoglio, Nino 415
Marvuglia, Salvatore (fl. 18C) 53
Marvuglia, Venanzio (1729–1814) 51, 69,
70, 58, 70, 81, 312, 415, 422
Marzamemi 370
Masa, Giuseppe La 52
Masaniello 247
Mascali 410, 421
Master of Trapani Polyptych (fl. early
15C) 132
Masuccio, Natale (1561–1630) 472
Matera, Giovanni (1653–1718) 132
Matinati, Giovannello (fl. 1509–48) 416,
422
Mattanza, La 174
Maupassant, Guy de 222, 352
Maximian, Emperor 269, 271
Maxwell, Gavin 143
Mazara del Vallo 13, 158
Mazza, Antonio (fl. 1750–75) 363
Mazzarino 252
Mazzarò 462
Mazzola, Gian Domenico (1544–77) 397
Mazzola, Giovanni Battista (fl. 1513–50)
446
Mazzullo, Giuseppe (1913–88) 462
Megara Hyblaea 9, 161, 352, 377, 378,
380
Melia 466
Melilli 382
Menfi 216, 218
Merisi, Michelangelo; see Caravaggio
Messina 9, 13, 16, 250, 443–465, 516
Cristo Re 454
Duomo 443
La Badiazza 455
Maria Santissima di Dinnamare 455
Museo Regionale 450
Orion Fountain 443
Piazza Antonello 449
Punta Faro 454
San Francesco d’Assisi 449
Santissima Annunziata dei Catalani 448
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele 449
Villa Dante 448
Messina, Francesco (1900–95) 407
Messina, Gabriele (fl. 1744–57) 147
Messina, Vincenzo (fl. 1692–1729) 147,
170
Mezzojuso 106
Milazzo 471
Milena 246
Mili San Pietro 468
Milici 470
Milton, John 266
Mineo 428, 513
Minissi, Franco (b. 1919) 204, 350
Minniti, Mario (1577–1640) 318, 346,
452
Minos, King of Crete 88, 205, 221
Miranda, Francesco (fl. early 15C) 31
Mirko 156
Misilmeri 105
Misterbianco 414
Mistretta 489
Modica 306–309, 307, 514, 516
Moncada, Francesco 285
Mondello 71
Mongiuffi 466
Monreale 75–81, 77, 80, 513
Montalbano Elicona 470
Montallegro 221
Montaperto, Bishop Giovanni 159
Monte Adranone 107, 218
Monte Barbaro 143
Monte Bonifato 148
Monte Cofano 140
Monte Cuccio 81
Monte Kronio 215
Monte Pellegrino 8, 71
Monte San Giuliano 241
Montedoro 247
Montelepre 104
Monterey, California 175
Monterosso Almo 328
Montevago 217
Monteverde, Giulio (1837–1917) 405
Montorsoli, Giovanni Angelo (1507–63)
15, 443, 444, 449
Morgantina 264, 274, 276, 277
Mosaics 14, 35, 67, 78, 92, 274, 342,
470,
La Martorana 27
Villa Romana di Casale 268–269
Villa del Tellaro 369
Moschetti, Giulio (1849–1909) 346
Motta Sant’Anastasia 414
Mozia 132, 148, 150, 156
Mussolini, Benito 259
Mussomeli 245
Mycenaean influence on buildings 378
Myron, sculptor (fl. 480–440 BC) 199,
210
N
Nagasawa, Hidetoshi (b. 1940) 489
Napoli, Tommaso Maria (d. 1723) 83
Naro 228
Naselli, Gaspare 322
Naso 486
Nebrodi Mountains 486–489, 516
Necropolis 199, 218, 222, 376, 408, 471,
Mycenaean influence on 376
Nelson, Horatio 70, 152, 158, 345, 417
Neruda, Pablo 480
Nicholas V, Pope 261
Nicias 361
Nicolò da Mineo (1542–1625) 326
Nicolò da Pettineo (15C) 85
Nicolosi 410, 411
Nicosia 287
Niger, Bernardino (fl. 1513–88) 309
Nigrone, Orazio (fl. 1615) 167
Niscemi 254
Normans, The 13, 142, 227, 251, 259,
276, 306, 311, 344, 417, 445, 511, 516
Noto 218, 362–371, 516
Noto Antica 367
Noto Marina 369
Novara di Sicilia 470, 517
Novelli, Antonio (1729–18034) 103
Novelli, Pietro (Il Monrealese; 1603–47)
15, 25, 31, 33, 39, 49, 50, 53, 55, 56,
58, 81, 82, 101, 103, 147, 148, 167,
282, 287, 305, 469
Novelli, Rosalia (17C) 54
Nubia 132, 514
O
Oasi Faunistica di Vendicari 370
Occhiolà 425
Oderisio, Roberto di (fl. 1360–80) 132
Offamiglia, Gaultiero see Walter
Ognina 361
Omodei 81
Operation Husky 153, 289, 324, 408
Orsi, Paolo 176, 269, 323, 344, 349,
353, 369, 377, 426
P
Pachino 370
Pacini, Giovanni, composer 407
Padula, Pietro (fl. 1773–76) 312
Painter of Adrasto (5C BC) 478
Palermo 13, 14, 16, 19–73
Assunta 40
Botanical Garden 51
La Cala 44
Cappella Palatina 34, 35
Carmine Maggiore 39
Castello Maniace 61
Casuccini Collection 60
Cathedral 28, 29, 32
Convento dei Cappuccini 69
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 27
La Cuba 44
La Favorita 70
Fontana della Vergogna 21
Galleria Regionale della Sicilia 46
Gesù 39
International Marionette Museum 45
La Gancia 49
La Magione 52
La Martorana 25, 511
Mercato delle Pulci 63
Museo Archeologico della Fondazione
Mormino 65
Museo Archeologico Regionale Salinas
58, 163, 164
Museo d’Arte Islamica 65
Museo Diocesano 33
Oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico
54
Palazzo della Aquile 24
Palazzo Comitini 40
Palazzo Mirto 43
Palazzo dei Normanni 35
Palazzo Sclafani 28, 47
Piazza Bellini 25
Quattro Canti 21
Roman Houses 33
Sant’Agostino 62
San Cataldo 27
Santa Cita 56
San Domenico 53
San Francesco d’Assisi 41, 42
San Giovanni degli Eremiti 38
San Giovanni dei Lebbrosi 73
San Giovanni dei Napoletani 44
San Giussepe dei Teatini 24, 25
Sant’Ignazio all’Olivella 58
Santa Maria degli Agonizzanti 40
Santa Maria della Catena 44
Santa Maria della Pietà 46
Santa Maria dello Spasimo 51
San Matteo 40
San Nicolò da Tolentino 40
Santi Quaranta Martiri alla Guilla 64
Santuario di Santa Rosalia 72
San Salvatore 28
Santo Spirito 72
Settimo, Ruggero, tomb 54
Teatro Massimo 64
Villa Giulia 51
Villa Whitaker 58
Villa Whitaker Malfitano 67
Vucciria 53
La Zisa 65
Paladini, Filippo (1544–1616) 54, 56,
57, 58, 81, 226, 240, 241, 251, 252,
253, 253, 261, 265, 268, 276, 309,
424, 427
Paladino, Letterio (1691–1743) 471
Palagonia 428
P cont.
Palazzo Adriano 106
Palazzolo Acreide 371
Pallavicini, Camillo 171
Palma di Montechiaro 228, 353
Palma, Andrea (1644–1730) 28, 54, 341
Palma Giovane (Jacopo Negretti;
1544–1628) 57
Palma, Nicolò (18C) 40, 83
Palumbo, Francesco Minà 97
Panarea 479
Pantalica 350, 375
Pantelleria 175, 515
Paolo d’Aversa 268
Papale, Fra’ Benedetto (14C) 308
Parat, Pierre (b. 1928) 354
Parlatore, Filippo 51
Parmenides, athlete 323
Partanna, Province of Palermo 71
Partanna, Province of Trapani 170
Partinico 104
Passopisciaro 410, 418
Patania, Giuseppe (1780–1852) 103
Paternò 414
Patricolo, Giuseppe (1834–1905) 167
Patti 484
St Paul 355
Pecorini 481
Pelagian Islands 212, 503
Pellegrino, Paolo 152
Peloritan Mountains 466
Pennino, Filippo (fl. 1756–97) 58
Pennino, Giacomo (fl. 18C) 53, 63
Pennino, Leonardo (1765–1850) 53
Pepoli, Count Agostino 138
Periander, King of Corinth 275
Perini, Armando 309
Peter II of Aragon 265
Peter of Aragon 14, 127, 456
Petralia Soprana 100
Petralia Sottana 100
Phalaris, tyrant of Acragas 193, 205
Pheidias (c. 490 BC–430 BC) 150
Phelps, Daphne 462
Philip Augustus of France 445
Philip II of Spain 155, 170, 251
Philip IV of Spain 419
Philoxenos of Eritrea 33
Phoenicians 9, 156, 162, 205, 218, 272,
323, 412, 518
Phyntias 248
Piana degli Albanesi 103
Piana dei Colli 70
Piano della Corte 284
Piano Provenzana 412
Piazza Armerina 12, 266, 272, 273, 503
Piazzi, Giuseppe 35
Picano, Giuseppe (fl. 1758–90) 285
Piccolo, Baron Lucio 485
Piedimonte Etneo 418
Pietraperzia 276
Pietro d’Asaro (Il Monocolo di Racalmuto;
1591–1647) 228, 243, 246
Pietro da Bonitate (fl. 1466–1501) 41,
444
Pindar 193
Pirajno, Enrico (Baron Mandralisca) 93
Pirandello, Fausto (1899–1975) 169
Pirandello, Luigi 211, 225
Pirrone, Giuseppe (1898–1978) 363
Pisano, Nino (14C) 131
Pitrè, Giuseppe 70
Pizzo Carbonara 95
Pizzolungo 140
Platania, Giacinto (1647–1720) 287
Platen, August von 350
Plato 10, 509
Pliny the Elder 172
Poggioreale 170
Poidomani, Gaspare (16C) 322
Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio (Polidoro
Caldara; ?1500–46) 284, 314, 444, 451
Polygnotus of Athens, painter (5C BC)
207, 353
Polizzi Generosa 98
Pollina 97, 515
Polybius 153, 210
Pomodoro, Arnaldo (b. 1926) 169
Pomodoro, Giò (15C) 217
Pompillion, Benedetto (Baldassare
Pampillonia; 1673–1741) 82
Ponte Capodarso 242
Ponte dei Saraceni 414
Portella della Ginestra 103
Porto Empedocle 210, 503
Porto Palo 160
Portopalo di Capo Passero 370
Pozzallo 317
Praxiteles (c. 400 BC–330 BC) 160, 352
Preti, Mattia (Il Cavalier Calabrese;
1613–99) 452
Prizzi 106
Procopius 322
Procopio de’Coltelli 517
Provenzano, Domenico (1736–94) 245
Publius Rupilius, consul 264
Punic War, First 11, 71, 106, 131, 143,
157, 244, 259
Punic War, Second 153, 259
Puppet Theatres 45, 127, 377
Pyrrhus 339, 396
Q
Quartararo, Riccardo (1443–1506) 49
Quasimodo, Salvatore 309
Quattrocchi, Filippo (fl. early 18C) 374,
479
Quattropani 479
R
Racalmuto 228
Raffadali 222
Ragalna 513
Ragusa 297–305, 301, 516, 519
Ragusa, Giovanni Battista (fl. 1713–27)
41, 58
Ramacca 512
Randazzo 60, 415
Randazzo, Filippo (Il Monocolo di
Nicosia; d. 1744) 288
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio; 1483–1520) 51
Realmonte 221
Regalbuto 285
Regaleali 106
Regulus, Attilius, general 227
Reitana 420
Reni, Guido (1575–1642) 207
Resuttano 243
Rhodes 205
Ribera, Jusepe de (Lo Spagnoletto;
1588–1652) 219, 287
Ribera 219, 515
Ricca, Michele (fl. 1639) 195
Riccio, Antonello (fl. late 16C) 155, 448
Riccio, Mariano (fl. 1510–93) 155
Richard I, King (Coeur de Lion) 445
Riesi 254
Rifugio Sapienza 411
Rinazzo 410
Riolo, Vincenzo (1772–1837) 101
Riposto 421
Rizzo, Pietro (fl. 1590–1601) 342
Robbia, Andrea della (1435–1525) 130,
428
Robbia, della, school of 107, 141, 450
Roccapalumba 88
Roccavaldina 468
Rodì 470
Rodriquez, Alonzo (1578–1648) 452
Roger, Count (First King of Sicily) see
Hauteville
Roger II, King 14, 20, 27, 35, 36, 38, 90,
92, 322; tomb 31
Roger of Lauria, Admiral 421, 485
Rome 11, 12, 139, 157, 285, 445, 452,
339
Rosa, Salvator (1615–73) 287
St Rosalia 24, 32, 72
Rosolini 371
Rossi, Mariano (1731–1807) 214
Rutelli, Mario (1859–1941) 64, 75, 167,
321
Ruzzolone, Pietro (fl. 84–1526) 85, 97,
284, 427
S
Sabucina 242
Salaparuta 170
Salemi 159, 170
Salerno, Giuseppe; see Zoppo di Gangi
Salina 480, 516
Salt Mines 247
Sambuca di Sicilia 217
Sant’Alfio 418
Sant’Agata di Militello 488
Sant’Angelo Muxaro 224
San Biagio Platani 224
San Cataldo 247
Santa Caterina Villarmosa 243
San Cipirello 104, 519
San Corrado Confalonieri, hermitage of
367
Santa Croce Camerina 322
San Cusumano 140
San Fratello 488
San Fratello Horses 486
San Giuseppe Jato 103, 513
Santa Lucia del Mela 468
San Marco d’Alunzio 487
Santa Margherita di Belice 216
Santa Maria del Bosco 107
Santa Maria la Scala 420
Santa Marina 480
San Martino delle Scale 81, 247
Santa Ninfa 170
San Pantaleo 149
San Vincenzo 479
San Vito lo Capo 140
Santo Stefano di Camastra 489
Santo Stefano Quisquina 225
Sandoval Family 66, 67
Saracens 47, 141, 145, 222, 259, 267,
311, 417
Savoca 466
Savoy, Duke of; see Vittorio Amedeo II, King
of Sicily
Scaglione, Francesco 214
Scaletta Zanclea 468
Scari 479
Schifano, Mario (b. 1934) 169
Sciacca 213
Sciascia, Leonardo 225, 228, 229
Scicli 310, 311
Scifo Forest 469
Scilla, Agostino (1629–1700) 240, 343,
452
Scipio 199, 153
Scipione di Blasi (fl. 16C) 262
Scipione di Guido (fl. 1581–1614) 261,
424
Sclafani Bagni 98
Scopello 141, 142
Scordia 428
Scott, Sir Walter 215
Segesta 10, 134, 141, 143, 144
Selinunte 60, 132, 143, 160–166, 161,
168, 213, 221, 274, 380
Sellito, Carlo (1581–1614) 452
Sentinello Ware 8
Serassi Brothers (fl. 18C–19C) 304
Serenario, Gaspare (1694–1759) 50, 63
Serpotta, Gaspare (d. 1669) 32, 54, 167
Serpotta, Giacomo (1656–1732) 15, 38,
39, 40, 41, 43, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 63,
146, 194
Serpotta, Giuseppe (1653–1719) 39
Serpotta, Procopio (1679–1755) 24, 40,
46, 58
Serpotta, school of 87
Serradifalco 247
Servile War, First 264, 456
Sharp, William 417
Sicani Mountains 224
Sicels, The 8, 227, 277, 282, 299, 376,
464
Sicilian School 146
Sicilian Vespers 14, 20, 25, 52, 73, 218,
127, 267, 281
Siculiana 221
Simone da Corleone (fl. 1377–88) 44
Sinatra, Vincenzo (1707–87) 314, 363,
365, 371
Siragusa, Antonino (fl. early 16C) 87
Siragusa, Federico (fl. 18C–19C) 85
Sjoqvist, Erik 279
Skyllos, sculptor (7C BC) 299
Slow Food Organization 167
Sofiana 254
Solunto 62, 83
Sommatino 243
Sortino 377
Sozzi, Olivio (1690–1765) 44, 46, 56,
63, 284, 314, 315, 321, 363, 383, 400,
405, 427
Spadafora, Francesco 245
Spagnuolo, Pietro (fl. late 16C–early 17C)
342
Sperlinga 289
Steinbeck, John 175, 456
Stentinello Culture 350, 474
Stesichorus, poet 89, 407
Stomer, Matthias (1600–50) 54, 81, 87
Strabo 139
Stromboli 479
Sturzo, Luigi 423
Sughi, Alberto (b. 1928) 156
Sulphur Mines 225, 239, 247, 254, 265
Sutera 245
Swinburne, Captain Charles Henry 215
Syracuse 8, 10, 12, 13, 161, 247, 250,
323, 337–361, 513, 509
Achradina 347
Castello Eurialo 358
Church and Catacombs of San
Giovanni 354
Duomo 341
Fonte Aretusa 345
Fonte Ciane 361
Greek Theatre 356, 357
Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo
Orsi 349
Neapolis: Parco Archeologico 355
Ortygia 337
Piazza Archimede 346
Plemmyrion 361
Roman Amphitheatre 358
T
Tamburini of Crema, organ makers 446
Tancredi, Filippo (1655–1725) 452
Taormina 12, 455, 503
Tartaglio, Giacomo (1678–1751) 128
Tassara, Giovanni Battista (1841–1916)
397
Tedeschi, Gregorio (fl. 1609–34) 349
Termini Imerese 84
Terrasini 105
Thapsos 8, 350, 378
Theodore, King of Navarre 127
Theron, tyrant of Acragas 193, 195, 204,
209, 221
Thucydides 8, 10, 355
Tiberius, Emperor 134
Timoleon 10, 193, 221, 250, 283, 338,
357, 380, 396
Tipa, Andrea (fl. 18C) 128, 132
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio; c. 1485–1576)
132
Titus, Emperor 176
Tomasi, Giuseppe see Lampedusa, Giuseppe
Tomasi di
Tommaso de Vigilia (fl. 1460–97) 39, 49,
107, 148
Tonnara di Bonagia 140
Tornatore, Giuseppe 82
Trapani 127–133, 133, 503, 515
Trecastagni 415
Trevelyan, Florence 458, 459, 463
Trigona, Baron Marco 267
Trinacria 92, 156, 204
Trinità di Delia 168
Tripisciano, Michele (1860–1913) 239,
240
Triscina 166
Triumph of Death, fresco, Galleria
Regionale della Sicilia, Palermo 46, 47
Troina 290
Trollope, Fanny 320
Tuccari, Giovanni (1667–1743) 400, 418,
452
Turin Shroud 92
Tusa 489
Tyndaris 484
U
Uccello, Antonio 372
Ulmo 218
Umile da Petralia, Fra’ (1580–1639) 24,
96, 98, 100, 166, 240, 284, 287, 289,
290, 321, 328, 407, 416, 469, 487
Urban II, Pope 10
Ustica 108, 515
V
Vaccarini, Giovanni Battista (1702–69)
395, 396, 405, 472
Vaccaro, Bongiovanni (1809–89) 424
Vaccaro, Francesco (1808–82) 424
Vaccaro, Giacomo (1847–1931) 425
Vaccaro, Giuseppe (brother of Francesco;
1793–1866) 424
Vaccaro, Mario (son of Francesco; b.
1845) 424
Vaccaro Family 422
Valenti, Francesco (fl. 1868) 446
Valguarnera Caropepe 266
Valguarnera Family 283
Vallelunga Pratameno 244
Van Dyck, Sir Antony (1599–1641) 49,
54
Vasari, Giorgio (1512–74) 51
Vassallaggi 247
Vasta, Pier Paolo (1697–1780) 414, 419
Vazano, Gaspare; see Zoppo di Gangi
Velasquez, Giuseppe (also known as
Giuseppe Velasco; 1750–1827) 31, 38,
54, 287, 363, 415
Vella, Enrico, ceramicist 425
Venetico 468
Ventimiglia Family 97, 244
Verga, Giovanni 402–403, 407, 420, 426
Vermexio, Andrea (fl. 1594–1643) 345,
347
Vermexio, Giovanni (fl. 1618–48) 341,
343
Verres, Caius 12, 199, 282, 339, 344,
367
Vespasian, Emperor 176
Vicari 106
Vignerio, Jacopo (fl. 16C) 458
Villa Romana del Casale see Casale
Villa del Tellaro 369
Villafranca Sicula 219
Villalba 244
Villareale, Valerio (1773–1854) 469
Villarosa 265
Villasmundo 383
Vincenzo da Pavia (fl. 1518–57) 27, 33,
41, 44, 46, 49, 50, 54, 58, 214, 314
Vinci, Gaetano (1888–1964) 369
Virgil 421
Vitaliano, Gioacchino (fl. late 17C) 56
Vitaliano, Vincenzo (fl. 1745–53) 240
Vittoria 317
Vittorini, Elio 311
Vittorio Amedeo II, King of Sicily 286
Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy 128
Vizzini 426
Vulcano 473, 482
W
Wagner, Richard 64, 218, 420
Walter of the Mill 28, 32, 72, 76
Weyden, Rogier van der (c.
1399/1400–1464) 99, 423
Whitaker, Joseph (Pip) 67, 149
Wilhelm II, Kaiser 456
William I 66, 86, 269; sarcophagus 78
William II 77, 445; sarcophagus 78
Williams, Tennessee 457, 458
Woodhouse, John 153, 158
Worbrecht, Simon de (fl. 1557–86) 63
World War, First 327, 515
World War, Second 16, 285, 327, 339,
361, 363
X
Ximenes, Ettore (1855–1926) 261
Z
Zafferana Etnea 415
Zeuxis, painter (5C–4C BC) 198, 344
Zichichi, Antonino 134
Zingaro, Riserva Naturale dello 141
Zoppo di Gangi 40, 44, 50, 58, 81, 96,
99, 100, 468; (Gaspare Vazano;
1553–1630) 63, 96, 102, 268;
(Giuseppe Salerno; 1570–1632) 63,
99, 102, 102, 219