Around Mineo

Typical past time for the Town folk, hanging around the Piazza, compareing town gossip amongst each other. Note: No women, still typically to this day at home doing house chours.

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Sicily - Back To Home Roots

September 22nd 2008
Sicily - Back To Home Roots My next relative stop over was the small town of Mineo deep in the middle of Sicily, where two aunties (mums sisters) and one uncle have resided there their whole lives. Most of my cousins have since left for better prospects in bigger cities. A common trend for the younger generations, leaving the much older folk and the very young the main life line of the ... read more

Europe » Italy » Sicily » Catania

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

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