Sicilian woman begging

Catania- Wall of Silence

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October 25th 2012
Armed with our Rough Guide to Sicily we make our way to Cataniain the south. Our hearts may be young but we belong to the Grey Pound brigade enjoying a late SKI holiday (spending our kids inheritance), and we have no intention of roughing it, and we are booked into the city’s only four-star hotel. We are alarmed though at the number of abandoned buildings we pass en route. Our gui ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more