The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

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The Grand Tour in Sicily

The Grand Tour was a route with various stops, required by young aristocrats to complete their university education. From 1400 onwards, it spread rapidly throughout Europe to encourage contact between students and the main European courts through educational trips. Italy immediately represented the...
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Empedocles and his passion for Etna

At almost 3000 metres above sea level and at the base of the summit craters, in the area of Torre del Filosofo, there is a place that was once loved by Empedocles. A Sicilian philosopher and politician, he was born and lived in Akragas, present-day Agrigento, in the 5th century BC.It is said that th...
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