Loved staying on and ambling around the streets of Siracusa’s island of Ortigia. Hear are some parting shots.
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Postcard from Siracusa, Sicily: Palatial birthplace of ‘Queen’ of Two Sicilies
Eighteenth-century gowns in Palazzo Borgia del Casale
From noble lineage of two families, Giuseppe Maria Borgia Impellizzeri built an elegant palace on the edge of Piazza Duomo on Siracusa’s isle of Ortigia in 1760. Rococo fashions stationed throughout the main floor, open to the public, help spark the imagination to time-travel back to the times when grand balls were the norm for nobility.
Duchess Lucia Maria Migliaccio (1770-1826) was born within these halls. Widowed in 1812, she attracted the interest of a widower, King Ferdinand I of Naples (1751-1825). At the time, his Kingdom of Two Sicilies was besieged by both the British and the French, so he and Lucia married in secret in Palermo. Regaining his kingdom in 1816, Ferdinand was able to send for his wife to join him in Naples.
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Above: Vegetable strata at Moon
A few more dishes originating in Sicily are introduced in this second part of alphabetized reviews of restaurants we sampled during our stay.
The first is braciolettine Messina, or spiedini. Thin slices of beef, pork, veal or fish are wrapped around a paste-like filling made from bread crumbs, parsley and provolone moistened by olive oil. The small bites are then threaded tightly together on wood skewers before grilling.
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