Tracing Police Commissioner Montalbano
The most beautiful Sicilian Baroque.
South-eastern Sicily represents many wonderful aspects: rocky and bucolic landscapes unchanging over time, where the sirocco wind first meets the Saracen olive trees after crossing the sea. This is the Baroque scenery the writer Camilleri choosed for setting Commissioner Montalbano fiction movies. The three cities where the Baroque is overwhelmingly visible – declared by UNESCO as “World Heritage” are Ragusa, Modica and Scicli. This tour reaches as far as the imposing lighthouse of Punta Secca and the “Tonnara” of Marzamemi, where the ancient and sacred ritual of the Mattanza used to be performed. These are places and landscapes suspended in time, to be experienced with your feet on the ground and your gaze upwards.
South-eastern Sicily represents many wonderful aspects: rocky and bucolic landscapes unchanging over time, where the sirocco wind first meets the Saracen olive trees after crossing the sea. This is the Baroque scenery the writer Camilleri choosed for setting Commissioner Montalbano fiction movies. The three cities where the Baroque is overwhelmingly visible – declared by UNESCO as “World Heritage” are Ragusa, Modica and Scicli. This tour reaches as far as the imposing lighthouse of Punta Secca and the “Tonnara” of Marzamemi, where the ancient and sacred ritual of the Mattanza used to be performed. These are places and landscapes suspended in time, to be experienced with your feet on the ground and your gaze upwards.
