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In 1992, twenty years ago, a massive bomb explosion on the highway from the airport to Palermo killed Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three bodyguards. Judge Falcone's friend and colleague, Paolo Borsellino, and five members of his police escort were killed fifty-seven days later by a bomb that the mafia had planted near the home of Borselino...

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If you have seen the Godfather, the Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece, you will remember the scene of the Sicilian wedding of Michael Corleone and the following scene with the car explosion that murdered Apollonia the Italian bride of the young Michael.   The atmosphere in that scene is so intense thanks to the place where the scene was filme...

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E' stato ricordato a Palermo, a Piazza Marina il 105/mo anniversario dell'omicidio di Joe Petrosino, il luogotenente della Polizia di New York, ucciso a Palermo dalla mafia il 12 marzo del 1909. Al giardino Garibaldi di Piazza Marina, dove il super poliziotto italo americano fu ucciso, verrà deposta una corona di alloro alla presenza del sindaco di...

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La citta' di Palermo, come quella di Houston, ha dedicato il 6 dicembre ai cervelli made in Italy nel mondo. L'occasione e' stata offerta dalla decima edizione della conferenza dei ricercatori italiani all'estero, promossa dal Comites con il patrocinio del Consolato generale d'Italia, che si e' riunita ieri in Texas.   Il sindaco di Palermo...

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From New York to Palermo to participate in the initiatives of the XXII anniversary of the massacres of Capaci and Via D'Amelio where the Sicilian prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino got killed by the mafia. A group of eight Italian-American students tomorrow morning at 6.05, will arrive with the direct flight New York-Palermo.  ...

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by Ingrid K. Williams Palermo is a city marked by past con­querors, each Baroque church and Norman-Romanesque facade a reminder of prosperous eras past. But while many of the Sicilian capital's architectural landmarks could best be described as crumbling, amid the cracks are hints of progress: like a budding contemporary art scene and forward-thin...

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Palermo's Casa Professa – or Church of the Gesù – is one of the most important masterpieces of Baroque art in Sicily. The building is enhanced by incredible decorations in marble and stucco, which according to American art historian Donald Garstang, "belong to the world of unleashed fancy." The entire decor was created almost entirely in the 1...

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A 4,000 square meters seafront open space with swings, billiards, sofas and citrus trees; the best of tech companies of Silicon Valley would be envious of such an office set among the breath-taking sunset of one of the most beautiful gulfs of Sicily and signature of the best excellence of Italian design: Mosaicoon, the leading Sicilian Tech Company...

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From the North to the South, Italy boasts an ancient tradition in making excellent artisanal chocolate and all the chocoholics amongst you will be glad to know that the so-called Bel Paese has plenty of shops where you can taste and buy the most high quality sweet products. If you are travelling to Italy and you are looking for some hints on where...

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by Claudia Baroncelli   Hidden in some of the most beautiful palaces of Southern Italy, there are breathtaking frescoes just waiting to be admired. Let Swide be your artistic guide in this unique cultural journey. Traveling around Southern Italy you'll be surprised in discovering how many wonderful frescoes you can find.   And we...

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