The wonderful art deco architecture of Capo D’Orlando is all ice cream and alabaster; it works so well under a bright sun and glare from the blue sea. There are buildings where the relentless summer heat has peeled the paint and cracked the façade, but the town is being repaired and smart new apartment blocks…
Tag: San Marco d’Alunzio
San Marco d’Alunzio’s Wildlife
The Griffon vultures soar over the town circling up from their nests on the cliffs on the far side of the valley; through a telescope from our balcony we can see one downy young at the front of a small cave with an adult in constant attendance. The local pair of ravens have a nest…
Festa della Liberazione
Today, the band played and marched around the town, then there was a church service followed by a religious procession. The fireworks erupted with explosive bangers and zinging rockets as the mother church emptied and then the band struck up again and escorted the statue of one of the patron saints carried aloft by a…
San Marco d’Alunzio
The small but perfectly formed town of San Marco d’Alunzio perches precariously on a high hill above the north coast of Sicily; at its peak is a remnant wall of the old Norman castle; below is a maze of medieval streets and steep alleyways that create a confusing lattice of routes up and down and…