Sicily - Finestre sull'Arte

Excavations resume at ancient Finziade (Agrigento), last Greek foundation in Sicily

On Mount Sant'Angelo in Licata, in the province of Agrigento, excavation activities have resumed in the area of the ancient Hellenistic-Roman settlement of Finziade. The project, which brings attention back to one of Sicily's centers of major histori...
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Sicilian jewelry between the 16th and 19th centuries on display in Palermo's Villa Zito

From Dec. 19, 2025 to May 24, 2026, the rooms of Villa Zito in Palermo, the museum headquarters of the Sicily Foundation, will host the exhibition The Golden Age. Sicilian jewelry between the 16th and 19th centuries. Works, Collecting and Contexts fo...
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Major acquisition by the Regional Museum of Messina: Antonio de Saliba's Saint Sebastian arrives

The Regional Museum "Accascina" of Messina enriches its collection with a new and significant acquisition: the arrives in the collection the Saint Sebastian by Renaissance painter Antonio de Saliba (Messina, 1466 - 1535), pupil and collaborator of An...
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Lampedusa as a land of welcome will be nominated for Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage status

On September 12, 2025 in Lampedusa, the candidacy of the "Gestures of Hospitality" project to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List will be officially presented. The initiative is linked to the pioneering research workshop "Inscrire les geste...
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Gela, open-air museum opens with Greek tombs discovered on Di Bartolo Street

A new open-air museum has been inaugurated in the historic center of Gela, set up in Via Di Bartolo, at the area where a Greek necropolis from the Archaic period emerged during excavations for the laying of fiber optics. The archaeological site, dati...
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Palermo, Carabinieri hand over valuable gold fund confiscated after illicit exportation

Last Aug. 6, at 6:30 p.m., at the headquarters of the Regional Museum "Abatellis" in Palermo, a Trinity on panel, attributed to Gherardo Starnina (Florence, 1354 - 1413), was formally handed over to the Regional Councillor for Cultural Heritage and S...
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Centuripe's imperial past shines in its Archaeological Museum

The mosaics of Piazza Armerina, the Dancing Satyr of Mazara del Vallo and the Goddess of Morgantina are some of the best-known archaeological treasures preserved in Sicily. The island, over time, has returned extraordinary finds, outlining an unusual...
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Sicily, part of a Greek marble statue found on the island of Mozia: depicts a woman

During excavations conducted by the University of Palermo archaeological mission working on theisland of Mozia, in the province of Trapani, under an agreement with the Trapani Cultural Heritage Superintendency, a Greek marble sculpture was found: a f...
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