drafting, Author at Favignana, Levanzo, Marettimo - Egadi Islands

Favignana: the coves from the town to the Scalo Cavallo

Favignana offers access to almost all the coves by land as well as by sea. I am beyond 36 the km of coastline, of a hypothetical circumnavigation of the island, almost all accessible which is congested only in the central period of August. Therefore it is advisable not to travel to these islands in the middle of the summer but to plan another period, better …

Marettimo, ancient Hiera

A beautiful video reportage that scrupulously and carefully describes all aspects of this beautiful Mediterranean island: Marettimo, Egadi Islands, Sicily. Put a like on: https://www.facebook.com/favignana.biz/

The age of the Florio family: the happy age of the Egadi

A book that cannot be missed for lovers of Favignanese and Sicilian history as well as that of Sicilian liberty style “The age of the Florio family” by Sellerio Editore (1985). https://sellerio.it/it/catalogo/Eta-Florio/Giuffrida-Lentini/11337 In the almost 300 large format pages, in addition to the splendid period photos, a widespread reconstruction of the adventure of this large family that has changed history …

Trekking the cliffs: Case Canini from Cala Rotonda

In a time when we have to stay at home to avoid the contagion of this ugly epidemic it comes to tell a path I did last spring in Favignana, more or less in this period. Enjoy the reading. Text and photos: © Giorgio De Simone Nice day, it's 7:30 of the morning. Today I want to try …

The photo of the day: the tip of Punta Troia Marettimo

The steep rocky ridge that can be seen from the rooftop terrace of the Castle of Punta Troia Marettimo Photo: Giorgio De Simone

Photo of the day: spring at the gates

Good morning with the first hints of spring Favignana, here the IRIS Planifolia paths between Favignana, one of endemic species present among the first to bloom, as it is about to burst their lives in the Mediterranean… Photo © Giorgio De Simone Iris planifolia (Miller) Flowers & Paoletti – Giaggiolo bulboso [Iridaceae] Without.: Xiphion planifolia Miller; Iris tools …

Palazzo Florio: the soul of Favignana, design of the great Damiani Almeyda

There was a time when art and architecture had a very important role internationally in Sicily and elsewhere. It is not a time so long ago. That time was the 800 Sicilian, and in this respect the architect and engineer Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda was for Palermo and Sicily a terrific culmination. The projects of the …

Center Turtles Egadi: inaugurated the new premises at the Museum of the Tonnara

Tuesday 5 June 2018, the presence of all the authorities and environmental groups that collaborate to the First Aid Center Management of Marine Turtles of the Egadi, is a new restaurant was opened housing the tanks where turtles are placed in the center present. Soon it will be realized, the same site, a …

In Palermo, all’Arsenale, Studies on the day of the Battle of the Egadi

10 March 241 A.C.. Sicily became a land "Western" After more than twenty years of naval and land battles, the Battle of the Egadi Islands marks the culmination of the first Punic War. Carthaginian is forced to sue for peace and permanently abandon Sicily. And the 10 March 241 A.C., a momentous day for the …

Aliens in the sea: The project involving citizens in identifying alien species in the Mediterranean

Giorgio De Simone The marine biologist Paolo Balistreri explains what is “Aliens in the sea”, a project participated in science and culture that will last for two years and consists of the collection of data on a group of 19 alien species, plant and animal, in Sicilian waters including those of small islands …