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Phil & Michelle outside #3 Via Barrese, Calatafimi
This is the address where my grandmother lived with her family as a child, until she emigrated to the US...
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Viccolo dei Proverbi (Proverb Alley), 4 of 4
The tile at the bottom center says, "Every son seems beautiful to his own mother."
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Viccolo dei Proverbi (Proverb Alley), 3 of 4
Viccolo dei Proverbi (Proverb Alley), 2 of 4
Viccolo dei Proverbi (Proverb Alley), 1 of 4
Formally named Arco Pampalone, this little alleyway--really just a connector between two quiet...
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Maria Renzi 1905 birth record, 2 of 2
The second part of my grandmother's handwritten birth record. (The first part was written on the bottom of the previous page.)
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Maria Renzi 1905 birth record, 1 of 2
The first part of my grandmother's birth record, found in the Calatafimi municipio (town hall). She...
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Obelisk at Pianto Romano, outside Calatafimi
This is the memorial at the site of the historic 1860 battle on a plain outside the town of Calatafimi,...
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La Famiglia Guastell, at Segesta
A local (to Calatafimi) family, the Guastells, dressed up in folk costumes, perform local folk songs in...
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Tempio di Segesta (temple at Segesta), front view
Although never finished (notice, it doesn't have a roof), this is widely considered one of the best (f...
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Il Teatro di Segesta (The Amphitheater at Segesta)
In the middle distance can be seen the elevated autostrade (freeway) that goes to Palermo, an hour or so...
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Il Tempio di Segesta (The Temple of Segesta)
Taken from the road that winds up to the amphitheater. Thanks to recent rains, the wildflowers are rioting. Photo copyright (c) 2009 Phil Catalfo.
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Waiting for the Procession of the Madonna del Giubino
In the foreground: Salvo Mucaria (left, with cigarette); two friends; Salvo's wife Lidia (right). A...
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Running into the Procession of the Madonna del Giubino
This procession happens every year in Calatafimi, but this year was special: It was the 350th...
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At the castle ruins above Calatafimi
Michelle (left) with a local couple that we met by chance at the cathedral. They offered to show us the...
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Dashel Jakob Catalfo Entrekin
Sicily 2005
Catalfo Family
Keenan Gabriel Catalfo...
