#sicily

According to the Australian architect Harry Seidler, the Baroque was one of the high points of Western architecture. Ragusa takes us back to that age like a time capsule, to exuberant façades where architecture and sculpture become one.Architecturally speaking, Sicily could almost be divided into regions. Palermo and its surroundings are shaped by

Exploring Catania on foot through its palaces, churches and fish market, with Bellini along the way, pasta alla Norma at dinner and rather too many reasons to miss my train.When Venus and Mars make love, Vulcan rages in the depths of Etna, spewing his pain into the sky. Fire rains down on Catania, but Liotru, the mighty black elephant, takes the go