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From tomorrow, every day, I'll tweet in this thread my personal A to Z of #Sicily. Four tweets for each letter. History, culture, people, food, towns & cities, curiosities. Of course, it'll just be a 'taste' of each subject in 280 characters but, it'll serve as an introduction >>
Tomorrow we start with A for: Agrigento;
Archimedes;
arancini (or arancine);
antimafia.
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A for Agrigento. To appreciate Sicily's history you must visit the Valley of Temples in Agrigento. You'll feel more in Greece than you would in Greece, especially on a scorching hot summer day. 7 ancient Greek temples to see, the most impressive being Temple of Concordia >>
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1. Tomorrow #Salvini is visiting Corleone in #Sicily to speak about "liberation from the #mafia". Thread >>
2. Everybody knows that, in order to break the omertà that surrounds mafia crimes, those that speak out, rebel, resist, need protection, along with their families. On this score, Salvini's record since becoming Interior Minister on June 1st 2018 is somewhat lacking >>
3. In September 2018 protection for Benedetto Zoccola, Deputy Mayor of Mondragone was reduced. He testified against local Camorra clan & suffered bomb attacks, losing use of 1 ear & 1eye. He took legal action & full protection was restored on 14 April 2019
avvenire.it/amp/attualita/…
Umberto Eco identified 14 typical features of fascism. At least 10 of them have manifested themselves during the brexit process (use of lower case 'b' intentional): thread >>
1. Cult of tradition:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/Brexit/2016/07…
2. Cult of action for action's sake
1. Thread on events on the Greek island of Cephalonia 8-28 September 1943, culminating in the massacre of Italian soldiers of the Acqui Division >>
2. On 8th September 1943 an armistice was announced between Italy & Allies. Italian troops were caught by surprise & left in a perilous situation. The Greek island of Cephalonia was occupied by about 12,000 Italian troops of the Acqui Division, commanded by Gen. Antonio Gandin >>
3. On evening of 8 September Gandin received order from HQ to surrender heavy weapons to Germans & engage nobody unless attacked. On 9 September further orders were received to surrender positions and all heavy weapons to Germans >>