Sicily
Subtitle: A Complete Guide to the Island, Its Towns, Monuments, and Incomparable Landscapes (Heritage Guides)
Edition: Second Edition edition
Publisher: Touring Club of Italy
Published: March 26, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9788836527472
Subjects: Travel & holiday guides; Travel; Travel - Foreign; Sicily; Europe - Italy; Travel / Europe / Italy
First sentence: The traditional image of Palermo (elev. 14m, pop. 683,794; city maps on pp. 28-29,32-33), set amid the greenery of vast citrus groves at the foot of the distinctive promontory of Monte Pellegrino, celebrated by view painters and etchers of the 18th and 19th c., has collided with the conditions of the 20th c.