Caltabellotta
The city of Caltabellotta has been featured many times in this blog. It is the home of the Fatoria del Vento, where fresh Ricotta breakfasts are available. It is also the home of some beautiful necropoli, churches, splendid views of both the sea and the interior of Sicily (I am told that one can see 27 different towns and cities from Caltabellotta, not including Caltabellotta itself). It is called the city of peace, as it was there that the Sicilian War of the Vespers was ended in 1302 when the Angevinians and the Arogoneese signed a peace treaty.
When Joe and Kathe Piede came to Sciacca last week with their friends Fred and Carol, we went up there for a breakfast. Then we drove through town and down the other side of the hill to the Ribera market. When we stopped to take pictures of the necropoli near the entrance to town, we got to see a little bit of old Sicily. I am not sure why the man did not want his face to be seen in any of the pictures, but that was certainly his number one priority. He had one of his goats on a leash, and all four were following him as he rode through town, and presumably out to a pasture area.
It is a part of old Sicily, and I hope we never lose it, just as I hope that we never stop having bakeries, butcher shops, and green grocers, despite the encroachment of super markets on this wonderful island.
When Joe and Kathe Piede came to Sciacca last week with their friends Fred and Carol, we went up there for a breakfast. Then we drove through town and down the other side of the hill to the Ribera market. When we stopped to take pictures of the necropoli near the entrance to town, we got to see a little bit of old Sicily. I am not sure why the man did not want his face to be seen in any of the pictures, but that was certainly his number one priority. He had one of his goats on a leash, and all four were following him as he rode through town, and presumably out to a pasture area.It is a part of old Sicily, and I hope we never lose it, just as I hope that we never stop having bakeries, butcher shops, and green grocers, despite the encroachment of super markets on this wonderful island.
posted by Steve at 11:05 AM
2 Comments:
Hello!
I just located your blog while I was searching for Caltabellotta.... I am my family's historian and my ancestors are from Caltabellotta. Your blog has been wonderful to read and it is one of my biggest hopes to get to Caltabellotta someday. Thank you for posting so I can live vicariously through you here in New Jersey, USA until that day comes. :)
Hello! I found your blog while looking for Caltabellotta online. I am my family's historian and our ancestors are from Caltabellotta - It is one of my dreams to visit our homeland someday, but until then, I will live here in New Jersey USA and visit Sicily vicariously through you and your blog. Thank you for posting!!!
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