Water from Stone

August 9, 2011

Water runs again in our village fountains.

How many years were they dry? I’m not sure, actually, but this year the village coughed up around 250,000 euro to make them gush again.

These antiques now have a modern twist. See for yourself.

 

Restoring a Fountain in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily, copyright Jann Huizenga

Restoring Ibla's Fountains

A large, wide basin at the foot of Ragusa Ibla where donkeys drank and women did the laundry is also under reconstruction.

Ragusa Ibla is lucky to have money for things like this, thanks to its status as a World Heritage Site. In the poor village of Cassaro about an hour away, a wall mural has replaced the old village fountain. It sort of breaks my heart.

Mural on wall in Casaro, Sicily, Italy, copyright Jann Huizenga

Casaro, Sicily

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Sicily is an Old Wall

March 17, 2010

Sicily is an old wall, pitted and crumby as stale cake.

Old Sicilian Wall, copyright Jann Huizenga

Burning with Pompeian colors.

Old Wall in Sicily, copyright Jann Huizenga

Glowing with graffiti.

Old Sicilian Wall, copyright Jann Huizenga

Wrinkled as an ancient face.

Old Sicilian Wall, copyright Jann Huizenga

Yellowed as old newsprint.

Old Wall in Siracusa, Sicily, copyight Jann Huizenga

Fresh-plastered walls don’t have half the charm.

UNESCO money has poured into Southeast Sicily’s eight World Heritage towns. Let’s hope restorers don’t get too zealous.

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