The Charming Center of Sicily! Enna & Piazza Armerina (Villa Romana del Casale)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- In our FINAL Sicilian episode, we visit Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina and the gorgeous city of Enna! Villa Romana del Casale is a 4th century AD Roman Villa that houses some of the most incredible - and compelling - series of Roman mosaics anywhere in Europe. Right in the center of Sicily lies Enna, known until 1926 as Castrogiovanni, and towering above the surrounding countryside, it has earned the nicknames ‘Belvedere’ and ‘Ombelico di Sicilia’, which literally translates to the Navel of Sicily!
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0:00 Intro
1:55 Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina
8:03 Enna
10:03 Lombardia Castle
15:02 Tips for Visiting
15:58 Museo del Mito
18:22 Rocca di Cerere Geopark
21:13 End of the Sicily Series
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You have visited more Sicily than any non-Sicilian Italian! You guys should get honorary "Sicilian citizenship". It has been so cool to see my island through your eyes. Thank you!
Visited more of Sicily than most Sicilians!!!
The thick mist/fog actually I enjoyed, it made the castle look mysterious, if you know what I mean. The hunting lodge with the mosaics was unbelievable. Thoroughly enjoyed this video, and looking forward to seeing more of beautiful Italia.💜
Yes we understand you Morag and you are totally right, the 'mysterious' energy only adds to its beauty!🥰 Thank you very much for your kind words, we greatly appreciate your continued support! 💚
Amici. La nostra esperienza a maggio sembra la stessa. Umbrellas every day, same sweatshirt in all our photos! Grazie come sempre da Texas (Sicily on route to Villa and Enna!!). Watching the video for a refresher.
Great video presentation...up close & FUN!! :)
Thanks for sharing all these Great Places... (Love Sicily & All of Italy) GOD Bless~
Io vivo a Enna e sono innamorata di Erice .Grazie per aver fatto questo video simpaticissimo.
What a pity for the weather..
I've been there for the first time on december with my family..and I'm Sicilian😅
It's a very beautiful and suggestive place.
I suggest to you to visit the villages on the Madonie the next time..they are so so beautiful😍..my favourite place in my wonderful land.
Compliments for your videos..(and thank you for the subtitles😁). You are a very nice couple😍
So amazing you also visited our home town with its typical winter foggy weather. Really enjoyed the video. Looking forward to the next serie 😁
Looking forward to the next journey guys!!
Thank you, Garth! 🥰
Thank you and keep up the great work on your channel.
Thank you so much, Peter! 🥰
Centra Sicily is more lush than I thought. We mostly went around the coast a few years ago.
It is an absolutely gorgeous area of Sicily, Jack! The coastal cities are definitely worth it in the summer, the centre offers a nice change of scenery in the off season! 🥰
So glad you started in Sicily. You captured the island so well (far better than a recent ‘made for tv’ documentary I saw).
Many TH-cam channels look for the best this and the best that - please keep your warts and all approach as it adds to what makes your content so watchable.
All the best.
Great video you guys. The coverage of the mosaics was AMAZING. It is so awesome, to see such a thing. To think about the history of it. Great video, again. Thank you both for sharing. Justin and I really like this one. 😆
Aww thank you guys, you are so sweet! 🥰 The history really is incredible, we’re so happy you liked it! 🤗🇮🇹
Wonderful video full of positive energy and some nice ideas for future trips ☕🍰🤗
Aww thank you so much for your kind words! 🥰
Congrats guys on completing tour 1! I’ve been there every step of the way. Was it me or was Micha about to kill over after climbing the tower? Haha. Can’t wait to start leg 2 of the Tour De Italy! Cheers Kirk
Top-notch video as usual.
Aww thank you so much, that really means a lot to us! 🥰
Bummer we did not get to meet you guys....good video...glad you liked our town....wish you had visited our cemetery....one of the best in the country...Cheers
Bravissimi ragazzi, che meraviglia!
Grazie mille Federica! 🥰
Good job guys!! We're waiting you in Lombardy!
Thank you Ale! 🥰
this is so cool, my Sicilian line of the family immigrated from Caltanissetta, not far from here, and I've been wanting a look at central Sicily. This vid came just when I wanted it!
Ahh that so awesome, it’s such a beautiful part of Sicily! 😍🇮🇹
io da Caltanissetta invece non me ne sono mai andato :)
@@squallleonhart3248 seems like a really backhanded thing to say but oh well I hope the mafia is treating you well
we are waiting ;-)
Aww thanks Marcus! The new video is up!! 🥰
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Grazie mille Falco! 🥰
Spectacular. You saved the best for last🥰
Thank you Natalie, it truly was a treat! 🥰
Visited both places last year, it was amazing! I covered them in my vlog :)
De France i was borin freuch but iam sicilià m’y origin enna❤ 😮❤
Your visit to the Roman Villa was particularly nice as you were not squashed into crowds on those narrow walkways. The second time I visited it was super busy with tourists and really made it hard to appreciate the mosaics. Good thing I had been before when it was not crowded. I love the rain and mist and fog ... it adds atmosphere. Looking forward to your ongoing Italian adventures.
Ah no, we can only imagine what it must be like when it is packed with people 😓 Definitely one of the few places where the mist and fog give the city a silver lining, thank you for your ongoing support David, we are delighted to have you on this journey with us! 🥰
Wow, weren't you lucky that the fog cleared! What fantastic views. Snow in Sicily? Thanks for the great series of videos. Looks like I am going to be following you for a long time if it took that many months for you to tour only one of Italy's regions. :-) I look forward to it. We love Italy too. Best wishes.
in the center of Sicily it can snow Enna is hight 931meters from sea level. i live 4 km from the sea there we have no snow. Enna can be 5c and at the sea can be 15c.
Keep going with the archaeology and history. Great segments. You are a terrific team. Could you do a little video on your future plans? A break? On to the rest?
Thank you so much for your kind words Colin, that really means a lot to us! 🥰 In our next video we will be telling everyone what we have planned & which region we will be going to next! 🤗🇮🇹
We’ve been anxiously waiting for todays video. Rain, rain go away! Beautiful mosaics. How long were you actually in Sicily filming all 27 videos? You didn’t say what next region is! Darn!
It is a gorgeous area Grandma Bev! We will be answering those questions in our next video coming out in a few days 🥰
We have just announced our next region Grandma Bev! 🥳 th-cam.com/video/yeTXQ8qGAOE/w-d-xo.html
Fog is very common in Enna, so in the "bad luck" you were lucky to see it in its typicality 😆 but when there is no fog the view is fantastic, you can see almost all of Sicily including an amazing view of the Mount Etna. I am glad that you have visited it even though it is not a very famous tourist destination 🥰
That makes sense Antonio, we are happy we got to see its beauty even if it was only for a few minutes 😅 We were blown away by the city and can only imagine how gorgeous it must be on a clear sunny day! 🥰
I am looking forward to see your videos from Ponza😍😍 well if you visit it of course🤣
Thanks Alex! 🥰 and yes we will definitely be going to Ponza one day! 😍🇮🇹
I still hope you come to Monreale, near Palermo, one day 💙
We definitely hope to one day! 😍
First of all, congratulations for the quality of the content and the light but not superficial way of telling the places and flavors of the places you visit, you were a nice discovery on youtube.
Thank you for giving visibility to central Sicily, usually the average tourist visits the coast and that's it.
Some more information about Enna: on the fortress of Ceres stood the temple dedicated to her and was perhaps the most important in the whole Mediterranean, sacrifices took place there and offerings to the Goddess were brought in vain, with the advent of Christianity it was dismantled and its columns were used to build some of the churches of the city. Enna is the highest provincial capital in Italy and near the Tower of Federico 2 (which you have not visited) you can see the obelisk that represents the geometric center of Sicily. The statue of Euno located near the castle of Lombardia, represents a slave who triggering a revolt, formed an army so powerful and large that he drove the Romans from Sicily for a short time and becoming King...there would be a good film about this story :). The city was defined as impregnable, the walls enclosed the whole city inside the castle that had 20 towers, it is said that Arabs took 40 years before they managed to conquerthe and succeeded only after a traitor showed secret passages underground.
On July 2nd the patron saint of Enna is celebrated, the "Madonna of the Visitation", this festival replaced the cult of Ceres and Kore and in some respects in fact remains a very pagan festival, to be seen absolutely, legend has it that when the statue arrived on the slopes of Enna, the nobles of the city tried to carry it on their shoulders up to Enna, but they did not succeed, only the peasants succeeded in the enterprise and from that day the place to carry the statute in procession is handed down over the centuries from father to son to the present day.
Near Pergusa you can visit the area called "Cozzo Matrice" where there is the cave that you saw during the screening at the museo del Mito, from which Hades came out (according to Diodorus Siculus) and from which you can enjoy a spectacular view, perhaps more than from Enna, the other cave from which Hades comes out (according to Ovid) is located around Lake Pergusa. You have visited the lake but you can not show it in your videos, perhaps because of the racetrack that distorts the place, but trust that even the race track can tell myths and legends. If you ever come back, for sure I recommend you visit Morgantina (where Euno was taken prisoner ) and the museum of Aidone, famous for the statues depicting Kore and Demeter / Persephone and Ceres that until not long ago, were on display at the Getty museum of New York.
I have really enjoyed your refreshing take on Sicily and I will be visiting Palermo, Catania, and all points in between in June. I can't wait to try some of that delicious food especially all the pistachio. Do you have any go to advice for car rentals or airport transfers, a website of forum that might be useful? I love your channel and I've recommended to the other travelers in our group.
Ahh that is extremely kind of you Joe, thank you so much for sharing our channel! 🥰 and that's so exciting about your upcoming trip! 😍 We gave a breakdown of renting cars / using the train in our Q&A video - when you click on this link it will take you to the exact part of the video where we explain everything! We hope it helps 🇮🇹 th-cam.com/video/yeTXQ8qGAOE/w-d-xo.html
Enjoyed your whole Sicilian experience . Do you have a map with all the places you visited ? Also , any tips on the best place to rent cars cheaply in Sicily ?
Did I miss something, as I can't find any video of you visiting Ragusa.
If so, its a shame that you didn't fit in a visit as the old town known as Ragusa Ibla is stunning.
I remember visiting Piazza Armerina a couple of years ago and thinking that the old town would be a great place to have holiday home if you could buy one of the numerous rundown beautiful buildings. That is provided it didn't cost a small fortune to fix up.
Sad to leave the island of my dreams.
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I hate when it rain during vacations.
Castle seems like a castle of britain
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Hi, did you go at the beginning or the end of May? I am planning a wedding and it's at the end of May next year and I'm worried it will rain! I've never seen it rain in the summer
Emma is beautiful!
what will be the next region you will visit?
Hi Norberto, we will be telling everyone next week! 🤗🇮🇹
We have just announced our next region Norberto! 🥳 th-cam.com/video/yeTXQ8qGAOE/w-d-xo.html
Ma perché da quasi tutti i canali di youtube sono sparite le traduzioni dei commenti degli utenti in altre lingue?
Hey guys, I'm a Sicilian vlogger! I would love to meet you and show your something out of the tourist area! Let me know, I m in the Ragusa area 🙏
Hey Saro! That is awesome, if we are ever back in the Ragusa area we will let you know! 🥰
@@TheGlobalExpats I can move in all the Sicily, no problem! 🙏
You look like Roger Federer. Are you Swiss?
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