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Canada Day in Italy

7/1/2014

 
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We left Palermo with absolutely no destination in mind, heading south, not sure where we would end up for today. I drove for a while and then Keith took over on SS121 which is a yellow road on the map, curvy and rolling… it was shortly after getting the feel of the country road, the grip of the car and glimpsing around as he drove through the beautiful countryside that he said it!  He said... "I am staying!"  Ha! He has been bitten!  I had him stop the car so I could take the photo shown above so you all know what did it to him!  The photo doesn't present the full spectrum of the experience.

We ended up at Villa Romana Del Casale  (The following from Wikipedia) "The villa was constructed  in the first quarter of the 4th century AD, probably as the center of a huge agricultural estate covering the surrounding area. How long the villa kept this role is not known, maybe for less than 150 years. The complex remained inhabited and a village grew around it, named Platia (derived from the word palatium (palace). The villa was damaged and perhaps destroyed during the domination of the Vandals and the Visigoths. The outbuildings remained in use, at least in part, during theByzantine and Arab periods. The site was abandoned in the 12th century AD when a landslide covered the villa. Survivors moved to the current location of Piazza Armerina. The Villa contains the richest, largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world, it is one of 49 UNESCO World Heritage Sitesin Italy]"

We wandered through the absolutely beautiful and well-kept ruins long after closing of the facility.  We were happy we ended up at this site. A few photos are posted below.

I noticed today that posts on this site disappear after a while.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see Previous and Next buttons, click them to scroll through all the posts.

It is now 20 after 11 and I am starting to get sleepy.  I hope all readers had a great Canada Day! 
Deb :)

doug rogers link
7/1/2014 11:20:25 am

Yes. I am staying. Next, perhaps I'm too worried about how I will make a living. :-)


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