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Gela, Greek shipwreck museum opens: 1998 wreck on display

Gela, Greek shipwreck museum opens: 1998 wreck on display

The Greek Shipwreck Museum was inaugurated today in Gela, in the state-owned area of Bosco Littorio, a new facility designed to house and tell the story of one of the most important finds inSicilian underwater archaeology: a Greek-era cargo ship disc...
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Antonello da Messina: Congressman Sebastiano Fabio Venezia calls for the return of Ecce Homo to Sicily

Antonello da Messina: Congressman Sebastiano Fabio Venezia calls for the return of Ecce Homo to Sicily

In the past few hours, regional deputy Sebastiano Fabio Venezia submitted aparliamentary interpellation addressed to the regional government asking for action to facilitate the assignment of Antonello da Messina'sEcce Homo to the Regional Museums of...
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Heritage at risk: ministry deploys ICRI but Sicily sinks in emergencies

Heritage at risk: ministry deploys ICRI but Sicily sinks in emergencies

In a measure signed by Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, the Central Institute for Cultural Heritage Risk Management (ICRI), incardinated into the Department of Protection (DIT), was created. The garrison serves to give an ordinary structure to the ...
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Niscemi: ICOM Italy, AIB and ANAI make urgent appeal to Sicilian Region for historic library at risk of collapse

Niscemi: ICOM Italy, AIB and ANAI make urgent appeal to Sicilian Region for historic library at risk of collapse

ICOM Italy, theItalian Library Association (AIB) and theItalian National Archival Association (ANAI) with their respective Sicilian sections express their closeness and solidarity to the citizens of Niscemi at a critical time for social and economic ...
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Found at Gela in Sicily an extremely rare potter's stylus from the 5th century BC.

Found at Gela in Sicily an extremely rare potter's stylus from the 5th century BC.

A find of considerable historical and archaeological interest has been unearthed in the Orto Fontanelle area in Gela , Sicily, where preventive archaeology activities have returned an object unusual in quality and preservation. It is a bone potter's ...
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Hauser & Wirth acquires Palazzo De Seta in Palermo: toward a new Italian outpost

Hauser & Wirth acquires Palazzo De Seta in Palermo: toward a new Italian outpost

Hauser & Wirth, one of the most influential art galleries on the international scene, has acquired Palazzo De Seta, a historic building located in the center of the Kalsa district in Palermo. The deal, according to a report by Repubblica Palermo,...
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When heritage becomes location: the case of Santa Maria Alemanna

When heritage becomes location: the case of Santa Maria Alemanna

A Halloween party in a listed medieval building. It happened in Messina, in theformer church of Santa Maria Alemanna, and the episode has sparked a heated debate on the management of cultural assets granted for private use. The Heritage for Rent init...
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Michelangelo arrives in Palermo: the Giustiniani cross-bearing Christ at the Royal Palace

Michelangelo arrives in Palermo: the Giustiniani cross-bearing Christ at the Royal Palace

Michangelo Buonarroti 's Christ Carrying the Cross preserved in the Monastery of San Vincenzo in Bassano Romano, also known as the Giustiniani Christ or the First Christ of Minerva, will be exhibited in Palermo in the Royal Apartments of the Royal Pa...
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