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The REAL SICILY 🇮🇹 Exploring Italy’s Most Beautiful Island

KSquared

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Exploring Palermo, Sicily to uncover why this island feels entirely distinct from mainland Italy. From historic Arab-Norman architecture and centuries of cross-cultural heritage to massive cannolis, street markets, and local anti-mafia history, this is the side of Sicily you rarely see.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Exploring Palermo & Street Culture
01:30 - Trying Authentic Sicilian Arancini & Coffee
05:50 - Moorish Influences & Palermo Cathedral
11:30 - Finding Arabic Inscriptions in Palermo
16:48 - Finding the Biggest Cannoli in Sicily
22:28 - Sicily's Anti-Mafia History & Lucky Luciano
36:20 - Morning at Ballarò Market
46:20 - Cultural Fusion & Final Impressions of Sicily

#sicily #palermo #italy

18 Comments

@user-ux9zn7so3x 16 hours ago (edited)

You know it’s really cool because I was looking up Savoca in Italy in Sicily and that’s my last name Savoca !, and then my husband his family is from Palermo Italy, which by marriage my last name is palmisano. And of course, we live in the USA. And in this blog that I’m watching my great grandma was from Tunisia Africa.

@Dianne-f4m 2 days ago

Awesome tour video. Learned so much. My daughter and I are going to Palermo in April and I can’t wait. Will be looking for your videos in the future! 😊

@weboughtanadventureinsicily 4 days ago

We absolutely love Palermo. Living 30 min from it.

@tellurian1 2 days ago

How interesting and informative!
What are your plans for future trips? Sardinia and Corsica (Napoleon’s birthplace) are nearby. There's also the island of Elba, where Napoleon was first exiled.

@pamelaquinn8529 5 days ago

The tree you wondered about is a Prickly Pear and the fruit is edible abd enjoyed throughout Sicily

@leonwerne9501 4 days ago

Those squares and courtyards with their arches date back to Byzantine and Roman times.
North Africa was also part of this empire.
Later, the Arabs adopted this style; they embellished the structures and made them even more beautiful.
The example in Palermo, however, is executed in pure Italian Baroque, a style found all over Europe.

P.S. Great video; I enjoyed every minute of it!👍🏼👋🏼

@AL_FARID_23 5 days ago

Brother IF EVER you are in Montreal, we're going for a coffee and chat. I got you covered, MY GUEST! Really enjoy your travel content, for real! Born and raised in Montreal but Italian origins.

@MilleniumJohnny 5 days ago

I actually do not see that much North African influence in the architecture and compared to Spain, it's really nothing

@michaelvisconti869 5 days ago

"Leave the Gun .. take the Cannoli " Peter Clamenza 👉🏻

@CaptainBuggyTheClown 5 days ago

Do you have a new batch of uploads coming? Glad to see the channel being active again. Been here since you had less than 10k lol.

@michaelvisconti869 5 days ago

Italia so beautiful , It's like one big museum . I need to go see Sicily . But in the winter 🍝

@LolaKlova 5 days ago

Sicily looks nice😍

@hjyu2769 4 days ago

意大利桌子很贵，你要坐下，要在桌子点单，那样更贵？:face-blue-smiling:

@francescobonfiglio9142 5 days ago

Palermo was the capital of muslim Sicily and many old buildings have Arabic influence that's right. But Sicily is part of Italy, sorry and we are not arabs and we don't speak arabic language.

@ackomilo7132 5 days ago

Come to serbia or the balkans❤

@AISENSI-INFO 5 days ago

NOT SURE HOW ITS RELATED TO NORTH AFRICA

@ashvoj 5 days ago

Dadash, kos nagoo 😂

@Hypertensive-loner 5 days ago (edited)

That's what the Russian Federation said about the Donbass and Crimea before its annexation. You've got to think twice before saying something like that.