Tour of Vizzini!
Since several people said they didn't know Italy very well...
This is Sicily! It's the part of Italy that doesn't look like a boot! Sicily is home to pasta, the Mafia, and Europe's most active volcano. (((°Д°;)))
And this is Vizzini! It's built on Monte Lauro, a dead volcano... so if you fall, you'll roll alllllll the way to the bottom.
Everything's built on terraces. Somehow they drive cars around there without crashing through those pathetic safety railings and tumbling to their deaths.
I hope you like staircases, because there are loads of them. This one is decorated with little painted ceramic tiles and is apparently quite famous.
Another thing Vizzini's got loads of: churches. And apparently PALM TREES.
But it snows there too, so I don't even know. This is the public park.
Here's the entrance to the park. There are green dumpsters all over the place, presumably for dumping bodies.
Dark, creepy alleys are another great place to dump bodies. Vizzini's streets are so narrow that the Google Car couldn't even reach large portions of the Old Town.
Here's an average street with shops.
And here's an upscale residential area just off the main square.
This is Piazza Umberto, the main square in Vizzini's old town. They clear out the cars for festivals. I'm assuming that's City Hall or something in the background, and there are a lot of shops and restaurants nearby.
The Piazza Marconi is Vizzini's larger, newer public area where they hold festivals and concerts. It boasts some of the best views in town...
And a terrifying death drop off the edge!
But really, anywhere you look has a great view.
And that concludes the tour! There's also a fairly large school, some grimy-looking industrial areas, MORE CHURCHES, lots of pretty little houses, some medieval-looking walls, and did I mention CHURCHES? One thing there's not a whole lot of in the Old Town is open land - buildings are haphazardly wedged in wherever they'll fit, and except for the occasional park or piazza, Vizzini is positively claustrophobic. Of course, as you get out towards the 'burbs, there are soccer fields and more modern apartment complexes. The surrounding area is mostly forested or agricultural (vineyards, orchards and olive farms) but it's not far at all by car or bus to other towns. There's a town on every hilltop in Italy. Transportation within Vizzini is mostly by foot, car or bike. The nearby town of Ragusa offers train service to Sicily's largest cities, Palermo and Catania. Vizzini is part of the comune (province) of Catania.
This is Sicily! It's the part of Italy that doesn't look like a boot! Sicily is home to pasta, the Mafia, and Europe's most active volcano. (((°Д°;)))
And this is Vizzini! It's built on Monte Lauro, a dead volcano... so if you fall, you'll roll alllllll the way to the bottom.
Everything's built on terraces. Somehow they drive cars around there without crashing through those pathetic safety railings and tumbling to their deaths.
I hope you like staircases, because there are loads of them. This one is decorated with little painted ceramic tiles and is apparently quite famous.
Another thing Vizzini's got loads of: churches. And apparently PALM TREES.
But it snows there too, so I don't even know. This is the public park.
Here's the entrance to the park. There are green dumpsters all over the place, presumably for dumping bodies.
Dark, creepy alleys are another great place to dump bodies. Vizzini's streets are so narrow that the Google Car couldn't even reach large portions of the Old Town.
Here's an average street with shops.
And here's an upscale residential area just off the main square.
This is Piazza Umberto, the main square in Vizzini's old town. They clear out the cars for festivals. I'm assuming that's City Hall or something in the background, and there are a lot of shops and restaurants nearby.
The Piazza Marconi is Vizzini's larger, newer public area where they hold festivals and concerts. It boasts some of the best views in town...
And a terrifying death drop off the edge!
But really, anywhere you look has a great view.
And that concludes the tour! There's also a fairly large school, some grimy-looking industrial areas, MORE CHURCHES, lots of pretty little houses, some medieval-looking walls, and did I mention CHURCHES? One thing there's not a whole lot of in the Old Town is open land - buildings are haphazardly wedged in wherever they'll fit, and except for the occasional park or piazza, Vizzini is positively claustrophobic. Of course, as you get out towards the 'burbs, there are soccer fields and more modern apartment complexes. The surrounding area is mostly forested or agricultural (vineyards, orchards and olive farms) but it's not far at all by car or bus to other towns. There's a town on every hilltop in Italy. Transportation within Vizzini is mostly by foot, car or bike. The nearby town of Ragusa offers train service to Sicily's largest cities, Palermo and Catania. Vizzini is part of the comune (province) of Catania.