https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu Together from March 31st to April 4th. en-us 2019-04-14 11:04:03 UTC 2025-11-02 07:02:11 UTC hello@padlet.com pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351456165 According to the historian Tommaso Fazello the original gate was built in the 15th century. After the Charles V's conquest of Tunis, the Emperor came to Sicily. He entered in Palermo through this gate. In order to commemorate this event, the Senate of Palermo decreed to rebuild the gate in a more sumptuous style.The Viceroy of Sicily Marcantonio Colonna set off the construction in 1583. The gate was completed in 1584. The building was initially called "Porta dell'Aquila" ("Gate of the Eagle"), but the people of Palermo got used to call it "Porta Nuova" ("New Gate").]]> 2019-04-14 11:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351456165 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351471409 Palermo Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
As an architectural complex, it is characterized by the presence of different styles, due to a long history of additions, alterations and restorations, the last of which occurred in the 18th century..]]> 2019-04-14 14:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351471409 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351471922 2019-04-14 14:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351471922 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351474654 The Martorana Also Co-Cathedral of St. Mary of the Admiral is the seat of the parish of San Nicolò of grece, a co-cathedral overlooking the Piazza Bellini in Palermo.]]> 2019-04-14 15:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351474654 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351474978 The interior decoration included marble bas-reliefs on the tribuna depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds and Adoration of the Magi, by Gioacchino Vitagliano, after designs attributed to Giacomo Serpotta - both reliefs survive. A fresco of the Adoration of the Magi was also added to the walls of the second side-chapel to the right by Antonino Grano in the 1720s. The church also contains a relief of the Glory of St Luke by Ignazio Marabitti.]]> 2019-04-14 15:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351474978 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351476964 Life style.]]> 2019-04-14 15:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351476964 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351477237 The cathedral was erected in 1131 in the Norman architectural style, after the island of Sicily having been conquered by the Normans in 1091. According to tradition, the building was erected after a vow made to the Holy Saviour by the King of Sicily, Roger II, after he escaped from a storm to land on the city's beach. The building has a fortress-like character and, seen from a distance, it dominates the skyline of the surrounding medieval town. It made a powerful statement of the Norman presence.]]> 2019-04-14 15:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351477237 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351477885 2019-04-14 15:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351477885 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351478185 The Cathedral of Monreale is one of the greatest existent examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily. In 1182 the church, dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, was by a bull of Pope Lucius III, elevated to the rank of a metropolitan cathedral.The church is a national monument of Italy and one of the most important attractions of Sicily. Its size is 102 meters long and 40 meters wide.]]> 2019-04-14 15:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351478185 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351478692 2019-04-14 15:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351478692 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351479996 Typical food.]]> 2019-04-14 16:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351479996 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351480006 Typical Sicilian desserts – role pasta di bigne with ricotta and chocolate drops.]]> 2019-04-14 16:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351480006 pallocchiodance https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351480022 Anelletti is a typical, ring-shaped pasta of Sicilian origin. Nowadays it can easily be found among the regional specialities of large pasta manufacturers. This type of pasta is used almost exclusively for this traditional Sicilian dish (contains pasta and meat and serves as both first and second course).

There are as many variants of pasta al forno (baked pasta) as there are areas of Sicily.  Depending on the area, anelletti may be replaced with maccheroni, rigatoni and other types of pasta, while the ingredients vary greatly: hard boiled eggs, mixed cold cuts and vegetables.]]> 2019-04-14 16:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351480022 mattiadivita57 https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351813076 2019-04-15 21:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351813076 mattiadivita57 https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351815920 Sebastiano Tusa, 66, a prominent Italian marine archaeologist, was among the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash at the March 2019, which claimed 157 lives. Tusa, who was also the regional assessor for Sicily at the Italian ministry of culture, was travelling to Malindi in Kenya to give a keynote address at a Unesco conference (Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development in Eastern Africa on 11 March).

The director-general of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay, says in a statement that “Unesco had the great honour to collaborate with Professor Tusa for the protection of underwater cultural heritage. He put his heart and soul into safeguarding traces of our history found under the seas.”
He was an expert on the battle of Egadi of 241BC]]> 2019-04-15 21:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351815920 mattiadivita57 https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351819082 The photo context winners]]> 2019-04-15 21:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/pallocchiodance/eihol8oqgcxu/wish/351819082