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The great tradition of Palermo monastic pastry

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We will never cease to discover the richness and variety of monasteries. Here, practicing the rule of St. Benedict of Norcia, ora et labora, the days were marked by prayers and work. Modern science owes much to the work of experimentation and study of the monks. And not just science. To Sister Ildegarda da ...

China and Palermo. Together for new developments

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Palermo is the "tip of the boot", which is the shape given to Italian peninsula, but it is also the most important sites of Xi Jinping's tour. The Mediterranean sun shines and even if the Chinese are distant, the exchanges between them are deep and persistent. Palermo and Chengdu, China, have established twin ...

Cerda, capital city of the artichoke

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Cerda, a city of just over 5 thousand inhabitants, 60 kilometers from Palermo, is located on the Madonie, not far from the sea, between the Torto and Imera rivers, reached by a winding road that was the site of the glorious Targa Florio. Cerda is the capital of the artichoke, in fact the city celebrate the ...

Orlando “The arrival of the President of China is the best time for us to promote Palermo in the world”

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The mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando said in an interview with journalists that Sicily and Palermo welcome Chinese investments and Chinese tourists, as long as Palermo hope to have a "One Belt, One Road" gateway to the Mediterranean. Orlando hopes that after President Xi's visit,  cooperation with China will ...