1. What is the name of this gorge?
Alcantara
2. Did we pay to get in or did you find the free way in that the locals use?
Went in for free and spent our entrance fee money on cheap wine.
3. Since we didn't pay to get in, we didn't have an wristband. Because we didn't have a wristband what were we not allowed to use.
The elevator
4. The gorge was formed by waters running off the slopes of ___. ______ and the southern regions of the Nebrodi Mountains.
Mt. Etna
5. The Alcàntara River is one of the few streams in Sicily that actually has:
Water all year
6. Its name comes to us from Sicily's Arabs; the phrase al qantara means:
The Bridge
7. The Alcàntara Valley was the scene of the all-but-forgotten Battle of Francavilla between Austrian and Spanish forces in June 1719. Over 40,000 troops were involved in what was probably the largest military engagement in Sicily since ancient times, later surpassed by the Allied invasion of 1943. Combined casualties were approximately 8,000 dead or wounded. Who won that battle?
Spanish
Click here for a link to read more about the gorge.
Alcantara
2. Did we pay to get in or did you find the free way in that the locals use?
Went in for free and spent our entrance fee money on cheap wine.
3. Since we didn't pay to get in, we didn't have an wristband. Because we didn't have a wristband what were we not allowed to use.
The elevator
4. The gorge was formed by waters running off the slopes of ___. ______ and the southern regions of the Nebrodi Mountains.
Mt. Etna
5. The Alcàntara River is one of the few streams in Sicily that actually has:
Water all year
6. Its name comes to us from Sicily's Arabs; the phrase al qantara means:
The Bridge
7. The Alcàntara Valley was the scene of the all-but-forgotten Battle of Francavilla between Austrian and Spanish forces in June 1719. Over 40,000 troops were involved in what was probably the largest military engagement in Sicily since ancient times, later surpassed by the Allied invasion of 1943. Combined casualties were approximately 8,000 dead or wounded. Who won that battle?
Spanish
Click here for a link to read more about the gorge.
