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<\/a>Porta Felice<\/p><\/div>\n
Goethe lands \u00a0in Palermo in April 1787 and remained enchanted. As an experienced traveler he covers a route, which is still easily reachable on foot, which leads into the heart of the historic city centre.<\/p>\n
Mediterranean Itineraries Cultural Association <\/em> <\/p>\n 2) ALCAMO<\/strong> Municipality of Alcamo <\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3) CASTELVETRANO<\/strong> Teatro Selinus<\/p><\/div>\n ce a modest inn \u00a0which, as the plaque, placed to the left of the main door shows, gave hospitality to Goethe \u00a0on the night of 21 April 1787.<\/p>\n Municipality of Castelvetrano <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4) SCIACCA<\/strong> The municipality of Sciacca <\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5) AGRIGENTO Historic Villa Goethe <\/em> 6) CALTANISSETTA<\/strong> Regional Archaeological Museum of Caltanissetta <\/em> 7) CASTROGIOVANNI (ENNA)<\/strong> Municipality of Enna <\/em> 8) CATANIA <\/strong> Municipality of Catania<\/em> 9) TAORMINA<\/strong>
\n(www.itimed.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nThe place, \u00a0known for being the birthplace of the 13th-century rhymer , Ciullo d’Alcamo (or Cielo), is situated in a wonderful location at the slopes of Mount Bonifato, opposite the scenographic \u00a0Gulf of Castellammare. The \u00a0toponym derives \u00a0from the Arab ‘ Alqamah who founded it in the 9th century.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n(www.comune.alcamo.tp.it<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nThe town centre consists of a system of adjacent, communicating, baroque squares which create the background of the most important monuments of the town : the Cathedral, the\u00a0 Pignatelli Palace, the Ducal Palace, that stands on the ruins of an ancient castle of Frederick II and on the first floor houses the beautiful Collegiate Church of St. Peter. Today, exactly\u00a0 where \u00a0the Selinus theatre is situated , \u00a0\u00a0there was on<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n(www.distrettoturisticoselinuntino.it<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nThe town seems \u00a0dominated by its castle and by Mount San Calogero, from \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0which there gush the thermal waters and the vapors that have made it famous throughout the centuries. Among the most famous craft products there is ceramics, already known at the time of Diodorus Siculus and then flourishing under the Arabs. An art that is still handed down among \u00a0\u00a0ovens and <\/a>craft workshops.<\/p>\n
\n(www.distrettoturisticoselinuntino.it<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong>
\nGoethe and Kniep, the landscape painter who accompanied the poet during his journey in \u00a0Sicily, spent several days in Agrigento, exploring the city centre \u00a0and its surroundings, they were \u00a0enchanted by the temples and learnt also \u00a0to appreciate \u00ab the most picturesque aspects \u00bbof the place.<\/p>\n
\n(www.villagoethe.it<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nLocated in a position which dominates \u00a0the whole valley of Salso, \u00a0the city lies between three hills (Sant’Anna, Monte San Giuliano and Poggio Sant’Elia) which , organized as a bow, form a basin within \u00a0which develops part of the old town and all the southern districts. Not far from the ruins of the castle of Pietrarossa, likely an Arab fortress, there is the archaeological museum, divided into two sections, one for modern art and for archaeology.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(www.regione.sicilia.it\/beniculturali<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nNicknamed \u201cThe Viewpoint of Sicily\u201d, Enna (the ancient Cas<\/a>trogiovanni and Italy’s highest regional capital ), from his \u00a0height of 931 meters, seems really dominating \u00a0the whole island. Goethe described it thus: ‘an isolated ridge which gives the landscape an unusual and severe character\u2019.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(www.comune.enna.it<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nLying between the Ionian Sea and the lower slopes of Mount Etna, Sicily’s second city has always lived in close relationship with the volcano, starting from the lava rock which was used to build it. Its history saw a continuous alternating of dominations of peoples and dynasties, which took place from the 8th century B.C. \u00a0Goethe visited Catania and was very impressed.<\/p>\n
\n(http:\/\/turismo.cittametropolitana.ct.it<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>The fascination that Goethe felt ,when he arrived at the ancient theatre in Taormina, is a memory fixed in time by his own words: \u00a0\u00abProbably\u00a0 \u00a0an audience in a \u00a0theatre \u00a0had never seen\u00a0 before such a \u00a0kind of perspective\u00bb. It was the \u00a0favourite destination of the Grand Tour and \u00a0the seat of nobles and bankers from \u00a0William II of Germany to the Rothschilds.<\/p>\n