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After garnering multiple awards at international film festivals, LENTINI directed by New York City-based filmmaker Alessia Mandanici, is set to captivate audiences at its New York City premiere on March 15th at New Plaza Cinema. The film is a poignant short that follows the journey of Mila, a German-Italian young woman who returns to Sicily for the...

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Can I still buy a house in Sicily for 1 euro? Buying a 1 euro house in Italy has never been more popular and today we're focusing on one particular region where a large number of the 1 euro homes for sale listings can be found in 2024: Sicily. 1 euro houses for sale in Sicily in 2023 were hot a hot topic and 2024 is no different.  The repopulation...

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Literary cafes have existed for a long time, but this well-preserved gem in Catania is much more than a bookstore where you can have an espresso. First and foremost, Legatoria Prampolini was established in 1894, a detail that officially makes it the oldest bookstore in all of Sicily. Since 2019, it has been managed by the sisters Angelica and Maria...

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Every country in the world has its own Father's Day. In Italy, on 19 March, people thank their fathers for the gift of life and what they do for their children day after day. All children recite a poem or prepare greetings cards with a thought for their father. Father's Day is the opportunity to thank fathers for their sacrifices. For some years no...

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In 2017, Mussomeli, a quaint town in Sicily, launched an innovative program offering homes for just one euro to combat depopulation and revitalize the local economy. Toti Nigrelli, the deputy mayor, recently revealed the initiative's striking success, with nearly 95% of the available homes sold in five years, attracting a diverse group of new resid...

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If you've never tried it, Sicilian-style pizza (sfincione) is characterized by its rectangular shape and unique dough: a dense, toothy, focaccia-esque structure made from twice as much flour and three times as much yeast as typically American pizza crust. Sfincione translates to "thick sponge," but in addition to being spongy, this distinctive pie...

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The Navy is boosting its intelligence capabilities in Europe and Africa with a contingent operating its newest high-altitude surveillance drone recently deployed to Sicily. The service’s only unmanned patrol squadron, or VUP-19, celebrated the deployment of a detachment to Naval Air Station Sigonella and the opening of an MQ-4C Triton drone hangar...

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His photo in Times Square, New York, as he passionately kisses nurse Edith Shain on August 14, 1945, has become immortal because it symbolizes the end of World War II. The success of the shot by a master photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was immediate because it ended up on the cover of Life magazine. On Tuesday, sailor Carlo Muscarello-known to ever...

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A colossal statue of Atlas that lay buried for centuries among ancient ruins has been reconstructed to take its rightful place among the Greek temples of Agrigento in Sicily, after a 20-year research and restoration project. The statue, standing at 8 metres (26ft) tall and dating back to the fifth century BC, was one of nearly 38 that adorned the T...

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Downtown Milwaukee is really starting to find its footing when it comes to fine dining. North Jefferson Street has some of Milwaukee’s favorites and is also seeing a lot of transition on the block between Wells and Mason, including Safina at 785 N. Jefferson Street.  Nestled in one of the ever-beautiful stone mansions often filled with retail, Safi...

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