Jesuit priests built a fine monastery and had use of two qanats, underground water supplies built in the persian style, to water their fields and grapevines, and they made fine wine. With the unifiction of italy, in 1861, all religious property became state property, and the state decided to use this convent and surrounding grounds Read More
Two events converged last weekend. It was one of those weekends when palermo opens the doors to certain forgotten or under-appreciated monuments, schools, crypts, asylums, prisons, castles, cemeteries, or museums and there is no entrance fee. The other thing that happened last weekend was " The schools adopt the city," a program started in current Read More