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« Reply #120 on: December 08, 2008, 10:59:38 am »








Near Lampedusa's house in Palermo.

The city is crammed with exquisite architectural and artistic monuments from every century.



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« Reply #121 on: December 08, 2008, 11:04:34 am »








To get a good idea of how the 19th-century Palermitan aristocracy lived, visit the Palazzo Mirto.

Inside is a succession of sumptuously decorated rooms.



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« Reply #122 on: December 08, 2008, 11:07:11 am »








The museum displays manuscripts of "The Leopard" in tidy glass cases, along with foreign editions of the
novel and family portraits.



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« Reply #123 on: December 08, 2008, 11:08:37 am »








Shepherd, flock and derelict houses in Santa Margherita, which was heavily damaged by an earthquake
in 1968.



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In "The Leopard," when the Prince is hunting near the fictional Donnafugata, really Santa Margherita, he looks out over the landscape and sees it


"aridly undulating to the horizon in hillock after hillock, comfortless and irrational,
with no lines that the mind could grasp,
conceived apparently in a delirious moment of creation;
a sea suddenly petrified when a change of wind had flung the waves into a frenzy."
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« Reply #125 on: December 08, 2008, 11:13:32 am »




                            







'GATTOPARDO' is loosely translated in English as 'LEOPARD',

but it is not a leopard at all, but an African feline also found as far north as Sicily.





Serval
(Leptailurus serval)

 
Range and Habitat


The serval inhabits the plains and forests of the north African countries of Algeria and Morocco, and in central and southern Africa, excluding the southern-most tip and the rainforest belt in central Africa.


Physical Appearance


The serval is a very distinctive looking felid.

They have a relatively small head with huge rounded ears.

They have a very short tail, almost like that of a lynx or bobcat.

Their ground coloration is yellow buff, with white underparts and muzzle. The coat has black markings all over which consist of bars on the chest and legs, spots on the body, and tabby stripes on the face. They have black ears with one large white spot in the center, as like most other cats, which is used for communication.

Servals in the grasslands have larger spots than those livening in the forests. Melanistic (all-black) servals have been known to exist, mostly in the Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya areas. They are most likely found in the borders of rainforests, where they would need the darker coloring to camouflage. White servals have also been observed, with photographic evidence. This color morph only exists in captivity, however. These servals are white or creamy colored with normal and pale spots.
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« Reply #126 on: January 04, 2009, 11:57:38 pm »

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    The Cretans Had Contacts in Sicily and Asia Minor
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The Cretans Had Contacts in Sicily and Asia Minor

By Catherine Tsounis



“”When the Greeks arrived in Sicily in the 8th Century B. C., they saw forests, woods and lakes that formed a paradise,” said Diana Mazza, Arba Sicula society tour guide. “They cut trees to build ships and for the necessities of life. The Romans cut our forests and changed Sicily into the bread basket of Italy.” Sicily has Greek roots and will be linked to its Hellenic influence.

Among those roots is the legend of Daedalus and Minos, King of Greece. “Herakleia Minoa is the archaeological site near Agrigento that had the tomb of King Minos of Crete,” said Ms. Mazza. “King Minos and his wife, Pasifae, generated a son with a bull�s head, the minotaur” explained scholar Salvatore Furnaria on the myth of Daedalus and the Labyrinth in his book, Myths, Legends and Customs in Greek and Roman Sicily “Daedalus built the Labyrinth. Later, he was imprisoned with his son, Icarus. When the Athenian Theseus freed all prisoners of the Labyrinth, father and son escaped with wings of wax from Crete. Icarus flew too close to the sun. His wings melted, causing him to fall into the sea.”

According to scholar Furnaria, the engineer Daedalus continued his journey to Magna Grecia. “Daedalus went to Cuma in Southern Italy, then Sicily,” he said. “He was well received at Agrigento, by the river Platani, by King Cocalus. King Minos followed and asked King Cocalus to return Daedalus to him. Following his daughter�s advice, he refused to betray Daedalus. Instead he had King Minos killed.”

This is the myth, according to the Sicilian tradition. In actuality, Heraclea Minoa was founded by Greeks from the colony of Selinunte in the sixth century B.C. on the site of a Mycenaean commercial settlement, according to the Arnone edition “Visiting Sicily”. The name Minoa is related to Minos, the legendary Cretan King. In the early 5th century B.C., Minoa passed to the hands of Theron, tyrant of Agrigento. The name tyrant does not have the negative connotations of our present day. In ancient times, it referred to one man rule, which often secured the prosperity of the polis. Theron identified the site of King Minos� tomb. He returned the dead king�s bones to the Cretans, according to the Sicula-Greek historian Diodorus in his fourth book of his Histories.

Names of Ancient Greek colonies and myths show the presence of ancient people. There was trade and social contact between Sicily and Crete as told in the myth. “It is incredible how many connections existed with Greece,” said Ms. Mazza. Professor Christopher H. Tripoulas of St. John�s University presents another myth in his book, “THE ICARIAN VERSION”. Modern technology in the upcoming years will uncover the widespread influence of the Minoans of Crete. The Cretans are a hardy nation of persons who have been immigrating all over the world for generations.

For more information, visit http://www.hikenow.net/EracleaMinoa.html - Minos Beach

http://ilsiciliano.net/page28_history_of_sicily.php - Legend of Daedalus






Photo –Theater of Herakleia Minoa in Sicily.
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