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View from Chiaramonte Gulfi.

Balcony of Sicily refers to the Sicilian town of Chiaramonte Gulfi in the province of Ragusa. The town was given this nickname for its panoramic position, with views over the Valley of the Ippari and its towns (Comiso, Vittoria, Acate) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea if looking south, as far as Mount Etna in direction north and to the Erean Mountains with Caltagirone if looking west.

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Balcony of Sicily

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Balcony of Sicily refers to the Sicilian town of Chiaramonte Gulfi in the province of Ragusa. The town was given this nickname for its panoramic position...

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Noto

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comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Iblean Mountains. It...

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Monti Iblei Cup

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the forest barracks, Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie and on arrival) and in the city center (Balcony of Sicily, Corso Umberto and Piazza Duomo)...

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Sicilian Baroque

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of Baroque architecture which evolved on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the 17th and 18th centuries, when it was part of the...

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Chiaramonte Gulfi

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villages of Piano dell'Acqua, Roccazzo and Sperlinga. The town is also called Balcony of Sicily for its panoramic position, with views over the Valley of the...

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Donnafugata Castle

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Thousand Years in Sicily (4th ed.). Legas / Gaetano Cipolla. p. 70. ISBN 0-921252-17-X. "Donnafugata Tour: Santa Margherita - Sicily Day Tours". Media...

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Palazzo Zacco

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especially the putti and masks which appear to support the palazzo's balconies on two of its symmetrical elevations. The palazzo was constructed circa 1750...

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Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte

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del Monte is a set of world-famous steps in Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy. It was built in 1606 in order to connect the ancient part of Caltagirone to the...

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Cappella Palatina

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Cappella Palatina) is the royal chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman and Fatimid architectural...

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Alcamo

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and commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at...

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Expedition of the Thousand

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in Marsala, Sicily, in order to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ruled by the Spanish House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The name of the expedition...

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Cristian Imparato

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winning the first edition of the talent show hosted by Gerry Scotti, Io Canto. When he was young, he sang on the Sicily balcony of his house as the neighbors...

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Giovanni Battista Vaccarini

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Asti-Bonaparte. Vaccarini returned to Sicily around 1730. His work seems then to have been influenced by the school of architecture of Alessandro Specchi, Francesco...

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List of Green Acres episodes

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April 27, 1971. All the episodes were filmed in color. List of Petticoat Junction episodes List of The Beverly Hillbillies episodes "MacDonald, Betty (1908–1958)"...

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Isolotto Formica Lighthouse

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wide, at 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) from Trapani in western Sicily on the Sicily Channel. The island is dominated by a quadrangular fortification...

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Francesco Cuccia

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early twentieth century, the struggle for the rights and freedoms of peasants in Sicily was also a struggle against the Mafia. In June 1914, the socialists...

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1908 Messina earthquake

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on 28 December 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicentre...

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Capo Peloro Lighthouse

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in Punta del Faro on the Strait of Messina, the most north-eastern promontory of Sicily, settled in the Province of Messina, the place closest to Calabria...

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Palazzo Vermexio

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monumental building, located facing Piazza Duomo in the island of Ortigia in Siracusa, region of Sicily, Italy. It presently serves as city hall. The palace was...

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